Research Catalog

Title

Aesop's human zoo : Roman stories about our bodies / translated from Phaedrus's Latin by John Henderson ; with illustrations by Thomas Bewick.

Author

Phaedrus.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Henderson, John, 1948-
• Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.

Description

ix, 137 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"In Aesop's Human Zoo, the Cambridge classicist John Henderson puts together a set of up-front translations - fifty sharp, raw, and sometimes bawdy, fables by Phaedrus rendered in the tersest colloquial English verse." "Providing unusual insights into the heart of Roman culture, these clever poems open up odd avenues of ancient lore and life as they explore social types and physical aspects of the body, regularly mocking the limitations of human nature and offering vulgar or promiscuous interpretations of the stuff of social life." "Beginning to advanced classicists and Latin scholars will appreciate the original Latin text provided in this bilingual edition. The splash of classic Thomas Bewick wood engravings to accompany the fables renders the collection complete."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Fables, Latin
• Phaedrus > Translations into English
• Rome > Poetry
• Fables, Latin > Translations into English
• Animals > Poetry
• Human body > Poetry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Preface : fable 1 -- Phaedrus's fables -- Aesop's fables, and every body's -- A human zoo -- Aesop's Human zoo : the stories -- Creation and birth : fables 2-7 -- Sex and gender : fables 8-12 -- Size and shape : fables 13-20 -- Sight and sound : fables 21-27 -- Hair and head : fables 28-30 -- Genitals and behinds : fables 31-35 -- Part and whole : fables 36-40 -- Old age and death : fables 41-49 -- Further reading : fable 50.

ISBN

0226326810 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003070288

OCLC

• ocm56445440
• SCSB-5096614

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries