Welcome to the Fables of Phaedrus!

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Readings: 

Each fable page contains audio, with a link to an ecclesiastical audio recording also! Starting with Week 4, there are also practice quiz questions:

Week 1: Fox & Grapes ~ Fox & Mask ~ Mountain Gives Birth ~ Boy & Scorpion ~ Traveler & Sword

Week 2: Sick Donkey & Wolf ~ Vulture's Birthday ~ Thief & Dog ~ Lion & Fox

Week 3: Donkey & Hog ~ Beaver & Hunter ~ Dog & Crocodile ~ Dog & Meat ~ Jupiter & Two Sacks

Week 4: Socrates's Friends ~ Man & Snake ~ Two Bald Men

Week 5: Dog, Sheep, & Wolf ~ Jupiter & Fox ~ Frog & Ox ~ Frogs & Sun ~ Frogs & Bulls

Week 6: Bat ~ Donkey & Old Man ~ Priests & Donkey ~ Ant & Grasshopper ~ Sow & Wolf
Week 7: Mouse & Frog ~ Rabbit & Sparrow ~ Mice & Weasels ~ Fir-Tree & Reed ~ Trees & Axe
Week 8: Aesop & Hooligan ~ Dog & Vulture ~ Dogs & Cowhide ~ Wolf & Crane ~ Kid & Wolf ~ Crow & Fox

Week 9: Fox & Goat ~ Two Mules ~ Man & Lion ~ Horse & Boar ~ Sheep & Butcher

Week 10: Stag & His Horns ~ Wolf & Lamb ~ Lion & Shepherd ~ Prometheus & Liber ~ Aesop & Farmer

You can also do practice quiz questions week by week: Week 4, Week 5, Week 6 and Week 7, plus there's a little quiz page just for practicing perfect forms, and there's also a cumulative practice page.

Help Pages / FAQs

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Random Aesop's fable in English:

Phaedrus 3.5: Aesop and the Hooligan

illustration from a 17th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 3.5: Aesop and the Hooligan
supplement: Teacher Guide

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 3.5: Aesop and the Hooligan (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation, coming soon):

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Audio for Phaedrus 3.5 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Audio for Phaedrus 3.5 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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Audio for Phaedrus 3.5 The Poem (read first as prose, then in meter):

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Audio for Phaedrus 3.5 Iambic Meter:

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Phaedrus 1.27: The Dog and the Vulture

 illustration from a 17th-century Phaedrus

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.27: The Dog and the Vulture
supplement: Teacher Guide

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.27: The Dog and the Vulture (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation, coming soon):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.27 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.27 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.27 The Poem (read first as prose, then in meter):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.27 Iambic Meter:

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Phaedrus 1.20: The Dogs and the Cowhide

illustration from a 17th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.20: The Dogs and the Cowhide
supplement: Teacher Guide

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.20: The Dogs and the Cowhide (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation, coming soon):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.20 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.20 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.20 The Poem (read first as prose, then in meter):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.20 Iambic Meter:

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Phaedrus 1.8: Wolf and Crane

illustration by Arthur Rackham

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.8: Wolf and Crane
supplement: Teacher Guide

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.8: Wolf and Crane (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation, coming soon):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.8 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.8 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.8 The Poem (read first as prose, then in meter):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.8 Iambic Meter:

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Gudius 32: The Kid and the Wolf

illustration from a 15th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Gudius 32: The Kid and the Wolf
supplement: Teacher Guide

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Complete Audio for Gudius 32: The Kid and the Wolf (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation, coming soon):

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Audio for Gudius 32 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Audio for Gudius 32 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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Audio for Gudius 32 The Poem (read first as prose, then in meter):

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Audio for Gudius 32 Iambic Meter:

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Phaedrus 1.13: The Crow and the Fox

illustration by Arthur Rackham

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.13: The Crow and the Fox

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.13: The Crow and the Fox (prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation, coming soon):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.13 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.13 The Poem (read first as prose, then in meter):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.13 Iambic Meter:

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