Selectae Fabulae Aesopi, or Select Fables of Aesop
Language: Latin
By H. Clarke · Running time 07:24:50 · Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
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About this book
This 18th-century Latin textbook presents 202 Aesop's fables in Latin, "with an English translation more literal than any yet extant, designed for the readier instruction of beginners in the Latin tongue." There are fables here from the classical tradition, along with fables from the Renaissance author Abstemius and other neo-Latin sources. The book has the Latin and English texts in facing columns, with italic font being used to help students connect the Latin words in the left column with the English words in the right column. This LibriVox recording has been made with the Latin fables and E
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