Aesop
In Our Time
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Isionbries, Can You Talk About Phaedrus?
Phedrus edition is great because it does give us a much more concrete historical situation. Unlike lots of fables, which give you a kind of timeless feel, they are set in first century city of rome. There are references to the to lagt, to the law courts, i think, to gardens. And so if you want to think about this early empire changing in parrelations that simon mentioned, phedrus is your place to come. If you wanted to write a fable, you're going to present yourself as a slave. That's why we have the problem. Why don't some of the categories between emperor and slaves tell fables? O not thay
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