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Headword:
Βαβρίας
ἢ
Βάβριος
Adler number: beta,7
Translated headword: Babrias or Babrius, Babrias or Babrios
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [He wrote] Fables, or Iambic-fables. For these are in choliambs,[1] in 10 books. From the fables of Aesop he produced his own in verse, specifically choliambs, adapting them from the original prose.
Greek Original:Βαβρίας ἢ Βάβριος: Μύθους ἤτοι Μυθιάμβους. εἰσὶ γὰρ διὰ χωλιάμβων ἐν βιβλίοις ι#. οὗτος ἐκ τῶν Αἰσωπείων μύθων μετέβαλεν ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῶν λογοποιί̈ας εἰς ἔμμετρα, ἤγουν τοὺς χωλιάμβους.
Notes:
Valerius(?)
Babrius, 2nd c. AD: OCD3 (1996) 228. Adler ascribes this entry to the epitome of the biographical lexicon of Hesychios of Miletos. The Suda is an important witness to the text of
Babrius, as it quotes many passages, often differing significantly from the manuscript reading. The content of this entry is also inserted at
chi 402.
[1]
Babrius' meter seems to have been influenced by Latin choliambs.
Editions: M.J. Luzzatto and A. La Penna (Teubner, 1986); B.E. Perry (Loeb, 1965); W.G. Rutherford, comm. (1883).
Keywords: biography; meter and music; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 6 September 1998@18:46:51.
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