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100–200 · 2nd century Roman Greek writer
Also known as: Babrios, Babrias, Gabrias, Gabrius, Valerius Babrius, Бабрий
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Phaedrus-20–50ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetVerse renderings of Aesopic fables in Latin with concise moral endings, the closest counterpart to Babrius's choliambic fables. (AI reason)
Aesop-619–-563ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSource tradition of the animal fables that Babrius versified. (AI reason)
Avianus400–401ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLatin elegiac fables largely adapted from Babrius's collection. (AI reason)
Jean de La Fontaine1621–1695ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetPolished verse fables reworking the Aesopic animal tales with wit and moral irony. (AI reason)
Marie de France1101–1300ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetMedieval verse fable collection in the Aesopic tradition. (AI reason)
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Ivan Krylov1769–1844ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSatirical verse fables featuring animals and pointed morals. (AI reason)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing1729–1781ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTerse prose fables and theoretical engagement with the Aesopic form. (AI reason)
Lucian of Samosata120–180ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetImperial-era Greek satire with humorous moralizing sketches. (AI reason)
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Greek choliambic verse with lively everyday scenes, sharing Babrius's meter. (AI reason)
Robert Henryson1425–1506ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetMiddle Scots moral fables retelling Aesopic animal stories in verse. (AI reason)
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- Fabulae Aesopeae
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