Erasmus and Aesop

Erasmus was a fluent Aesopian. In books and letters he cited Aesop's fables to explain, admonish, and insult. The Adagiorum Chiliades alludes to more than seventy different fables, including two adages about Aesop: "Ne Aesopum quidem trivisti" (2.6.27); and "Aesopicus sanguis&quo...

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Main Author: Regier, Willis Goth 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Erasmus studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-74
RelBib Classification:TB Antiquity
TJ Modern history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Steinhöwel
B Aldus
B Aesop
B Walter of England
B Avianus
B Romulus
B Fables
B Adagiorium
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