Aesop Fables
71Phaedrus — /fee dreuhs, fed reuhs/, n. fl. A.D. c40, Roman writer of fables. * * * born с 15 BC, Thrace died с AD 50, Italy Roman fabulist. A slave by birth, Phaedrus became a freedman in Augustus s household. He was the first writer to Latinize whole books …
72Van Beuren Studios — was an American animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons from 1928 to 1936. Amedee J. Van Beuren, 1933 Producer Amedee J. van Beuren first became involved in the animation industry in 1920, when he formed a partnership with Paul Terry… …
73George Fyler Townsend — Reverend George Fyler Townsend (1814 1900) was the translator of the standard English edition of Aesop s Fables . Although there are more modern collections and translations, Townsend s volume of 350 fables introduced the practice of stating a… …
74Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder — Gheeraert s birds eye view of Bruges, Flanders in 1562 …
75Gualterus Anglicus — [Galterus, Gualtherus Anglicus, Waltarius; Walter the Englishman, Walter of England, Walther; Gauthier or Gautier l Anglais; Anonyme de Nevelet.] was an Anglo Norman poet writing in Latin, who (it has been suggested) produced a seminal version of …
76Romulus (fabulist) — Romulus is the author, now considered a legendary figure [William W. Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (1995), p. 331.] , of versions of Aesop s Fables in Latin. These were passed down in Western Europe, and became important school texts,… …
77Marie de France — For the two French princess Marie, see Marie of France, Countess of Champagne and Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant. Marie de France Marie de France from an illuminated manuscript Born Brittany …
78The Crow and the Pitcher — is a fable ascribed to Aesop, number 390 in the classification established by Perry. It is found in the 2nd century AD Greek fable collection by pseudo Dositheus, [cite book |author=Ben Edwin Perry |title=Babrius and Phaedrus |series=Loeb… …
79John Vernon Lord — is an illustrator, author and teacher. He has illustrated many classical texts, including Aesop s Fables [ Aesop s Fables , edited and illustrated by John Vernon Lord, verses by James Michie, Jonathan Cape 1989] , The Nonsense Verse of Edward… …
80short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …
