Welcome to the Fables of Phaedrus!

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These links will help you navigate the site:

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

You can also do practice quiz questions week by week: Week 4. Plus there's a little quiz page just for practicing perfect forms.

Help Pages / FAQs

Comments welcome at the Suggestion Box.

Random Aesop's fable in English:

Phaedrus 3.9: Socrates's Friends

illustration from a 17th-century Phaedrus

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 3.9: Socrates's Friends
supplement: Teacher Guide ... and there is a quiz too!

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 3.9: Socrates's Friends (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 3.9 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Phaedrus 4.19: The Man and the Snake

illustration from an 18th-century Phaedrus

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 4.19: The Man and the Snake
supplement: Teacher Guide ... and there is a quiz too!

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 4.19: The Man and the Snake (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 4.19 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Phaedrus 5.6: The Two Bald Men

illustration from a 17th-century Phaedrus

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 5.6: The Two Bald Men
supplement: Teacher Guide ... with a quiz too!

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 5.6: The Two Bald Men (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Phaedrus 1.5: The Lion and His Companions

illustration from a 17th-century Phaedrus

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.5: The Lion and His Companions
supplement: Teacher Guide ... and there is a quiz too!

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.5: The Lion and His Companions (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.5 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Phaedrus 1.16: Sheep, Deer, and Wolf

illustration from a 15th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.16: Sheep, Deer, and Wolf
supplement: Teacher Guide ... plus a quiz too!

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.16: Sheep, Deer, and Wolf (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.16 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Phaedrus 1.17: The Dog, the Sheep, and the Wolf

illustration by Francis Barlow

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.17: The Dog, the Sheep, and the Wolf
supplement: Teacher Guide ... and there's a quiz also.

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.17: The Dog, the Sheep, and the Wolf (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.17 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Zander 26: Jupiter and the Fox

illustration from an 18th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Zander 26: Jupiter and the Fox
supplement: Teacher Guide ... plus a quiz also!

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Complete Audio for Zander 26: Jupiter and the Fox (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Phaedrus 1.24: The Frog and the Ox

illustration from a 19th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.24: The Frog and the Ox
supplement: Teacher Guide ... and there's a quiz too.

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.24: The Frog and the Ox (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.24 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Phaedrus 1.6: The Frogs and the Sun

illustration from a 17th-century Aesop

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PDF packet containing the text of Phaedrus 1.6: The Frogs and the Sun
supplement: Teacher Guide ... with a quiz too!

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Complete Audio for Phaedrus 1.6: The Frogs and the Sun (sentences, prose, poem, meter; you can also listen to the audio with ecclesiastical pronunciation):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.6 Simple Sentences (followed by prose version):

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Audio for Phaedrus 1.6 Prose Version (followed by the poem itself, read as prose):

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