Babrius
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thumb|The fables of Babrius Babrius (, Bábrios; ), also known as Babrias () or Gabrias (), was the author of a collection of Greek fables, many of which are known today as Aesop's Fables.
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- Le favole d'Aviano tradotte in versi volgari
- Babriou Mythiamboi
- Fabulae
- Fabvlarvm Babrianarvm paraphrasis bodleiana
- Les fables ésopiques de Babrius
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- Fables
· 1965 · cited 5x
- Aesop's Fables: Told by Valerius Babrius
· 1961
- Mythiambi Aesopei
· 1986
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36 objects attributed to Babrius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Fabulae jambicae 123 jussu... : Abeli Villemaïn ... nunc pr. editae. Joh. Fr. Boissonade recensuit, Latine convertit, annotavit
Babrii Fabulae ex rec. Alfredi Eberhard
Fabellae jambicae CXXIII
Mythologia Aesopica : in qua Aesopi fabulae Graeco-latinae 197 quarum 136 primum prodeunt
Babrios und die älteren Jambendichter :Griechisch mit metrischer Übersetzung und prüfenden und erklärenden Anmerkungen von J. A. Hartung
Fabeln, übersetzt in deutschen Choliamben : Nebst einer Abhandlung über den Begriff der Fabel u. ihre histor. Entwickelung bey der Griechen von W. Hertzberg
Babrius, des Fabeldichters, wieder gefundene Fabeln : in drei Büchern
Babrii fabulae Aesopeae cum fabularum deperditarum fragmentis
Fabulae Aesopeae. Edidit F. G. Schneidewin
Babrius, des Fabeldichters, wieder gefundene Fabeln. in drei Büchern
Die Fabeln des Babrius
Babrios und die älteren Jambendichter. Griechisch mit metrischer. Uebersetzung und Anmerkungen von J. A. Hartung
Fabulae Aesopeae. E Codice Manuscripto Partem Secundam Nunc Primum Edidit Georgius Cornewall Lewis
Fabularum Babrianarum paraphrasis Bodleiana
Babrius edited with introductory dissertations, critical notes, commentary and lexicon by W. Gunion Rutherford
Babrii Fabulae Aesopeae
Babrius, des Fabeldichters, wieder gefundene Fabeln : in drei Büchern
Babriu Mythōn chōliambikōn biblia tria : = Babrii Fabularum choliambicarum libri tres
Fables de Babrius en vers choliambes : <...>Texte grec, soigneusement revu sur l'édition princeps, accompagné de notes critiques, philologiques, grammaticales et littéraires de rapprochements avec les écrivains anciens et modernes et d'un index, à l'usage des classes. Par M. L. Passerat
Babriu Mythōn chōliambikōn biblia tria : = Babrii Fabularum choliambicarum libri tres
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Aesopi Phrygis fabulae : elegantissimis eiconibus veras animaliu[m] species ad viuu[m] adumbrantes
Apologi sev Fabellae Aesopicae Graeco Ac Latino Carmine prosaque redditae ab Aphthonio Sophista, Babria seu Gabria, Phaedro Avg. Liberto & Aviano
Fabulae Aesopeae : E codice manuscripto partem secundam nunc primum edidit Georgius Cornewall Lewis
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thumb|The fables of Babrius Babrius (, Bábrios; ), also known as Babrias () or Gabrias (), was the author of a collection of Greek fables, many of which are known today as Aesop's Fables.
==Life== Practically nothing is known of him. He is supposed to have been a Hellenized Roman, whose original name may have been Valerius. He lived in the East, probably in Syria, where the fables seem first to have gained popularity. The address to "a son of King Alexander" has caused much speculation, with the result that dates varying between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD have been assigned to Babrius. The Alexander referred to may have been Alexander Severus (AD 222–235), who was fond of having literary men of all kinds about his court. "The son of Alexander" has further been identified with a certain Branchus mentioned in the fables, and it is suggested that Babrius may have been his tutor; probably, however, Branchus is a purely fictitious name. There is no mention of Babrius in ancient writers before the beginning of the 3rd century AD. As appears from surviving papyrus fragments, his work is to be dated before c. 200 AD (and probably not much earlier, for his language and style seem to show that he belonged to that period).