History of the Graeco-Latin Fable: Inventory and Documentation of the Graeco-Latin Fable. Supplemented With New References and Fables by Gert-Fan van ... and Fables by Gert-Jan Van Dijk: 236 - Hardcover

Adrados, Francisco Rodríguez; Van Dijk, Gert-Jan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004118918 ISBN 13: 9789004118911

Publisher: Brill, 2002

Synopsis

This third volume of the History of the Graeco-Latin Fable offers a complete inventory and documentation of the Classical fable tradition in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The original Spanish edition (1987) has been considerably enlarged with numerous supplementary references and less than 350 new fables. The present edition uniquely refers to fables in more than 20 different languages, not only in Greek and Latin, but also in other Oriental and Western languages such as Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Sanskrit, Egyptian, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Armenian, Circassian, Slavonian, Albanian, Spanish, Italian, English, French, German, and Dutch, thus paving the way for studies of comparative literature. The book is conveniently concluded with elaborate indexes of fable characters, passages included, and numeration systems of other contributions in the field.

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Review:

'...the necessary starting point for any future research on the subject.'
John Vaio, Classical World.

Synopsis:

This third volume of the history of Graeco-Latin fable offers an inventory and documentation of the Classical fable tradition in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It refers to fables in more than 20 different languages, and the original Spanish edition has been enlarged with less than 350 new fables.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9004118918
• ISBN 13: 9789004118911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1218