ABSTRACT
Born: c. 15 B.C.; Pieria, Thessaly, Macedonia Died: c. 55 A.D.; place unknown Area of Achievement: Literature Contribution: As a prolific writer of fables and reputed translator of Aesop, Phaedrus
elevated the fable from a rhetorical device, used incidentally in writing and speaking, to a completely independent genre with a recognizable place in literature.
