History of the Graeco-Latin Fable. Volume II / The Fable During the Roman Empire and in the Middle Ages (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum).

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - CONTENTS -- THE HELLENISTIC COLLECTIONS AS THE BASIS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT ONES: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE -- The Hellenistic Fables with a Single -- Primary Metrical Version -- The Hellenistic Fables with More than One Primary Metrical Version: Special Cases -- THE FABLE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- Phaedrus -- Babrius -- The Pseudo-Dositheus -- Aphthonius -- Avianus -- The Augustana Collection -- Minor Collections and Exemplum-Fables -- THE FABLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- The Fables of the Codex Brancaccianus -- The Syriac Fables -- The Vindobonensis and Accursiana Collections -- The Bodleian Paraphrase and the �Politici� Dodecasyllablcs -- The Tetrastichs of Ignatius the Deacon and his Imitators -- The Fables of the Ademari and Wissenburgensis Codices and Those of the So-called Romulus -- The Medieval Greek and Latin Fable of the Oriental Tradition and the Influence of the Greek Fable in the Orient -- The Remaining Medieval Greek and Latin Tradition -- Conclusion -- Synopses of the History of the Fable -- Spanning from Sumer to the present day few literary genres show greater continuity throughout their history than the fable. Historical evidence reaching as far back as Antiquity, supports the study of more than 500 works considered to be fables. -- This translation of the originally Spanish standard work on the fable {Historia de la f�la greco-latina, 3 vols., Madrid 1979-1987), traces the history of the Graeco-Latin fable, investigates its origins, reconstructs lost collections from the Hellenistic Age, and establishes relationships between the fabulists of the Imperial Age and the study of Medieval Greek and Latin fables. Supplements at the end of each chapter have been added, giving information on the new bibliography and some new data, together with references to subsequent studies. -- Volume I (published in 1999) closely examines the Greek fable until Demetrius Phalereus and then treats the fable in the Hellenistic Age. -- This second volume, divided into three parts, focuses on the extant Graeco-Latin fable collections from Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It first establishes the relationships between the Hellenistic and later fable collections, then deals with the major and minor collections from the Imperial Age, and finally studies the Medieval Latin and Byzantine Greek fable. -- Volume III (to be published in 2001) is a repertory, bringing together all the Greek and Latin versions of fables that have reached us from Antiquity and the Middle Ages. -- The work has been revised and updated by the author and Gert-Jan van Dijk. The latter also compiled the Indices Locorum. ISBN 9789004115835