This is an overview of current research projects on ancient fables.
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General Projects on Ancient Fables | Researcher(s) |
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Edition of ancient fabulists with a Portuguese translation | Ferreira, Nelson Henrique S. |
The interaction between fable and other minor genres (epigram and novel), with particular reference to the relationship between Phaedrus, Apuleius and Ausonius. | Mattiacci, Silvia |
The Interaction of Verse Fables and Epigram | Neger, Margot |
Boundaries and relationships between humans and animals in ancient fable collections (Phaedrus, Babrios, Avianus) | Schmalzgruber, Hedwig |
Ancient Fable Tradition and Early Christian Literature | Zimmermann, Ruben; Strong, Justin |
Projects on Aesopus | Researcher(s) |
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Anthology of Aesopica (with translation and commentary) | Lefkowitz, Jeremy |
Aesopic Corpus | Zafiropoulos, Christos |
Projects on Avianus | Researcher(s) |
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Interpretative Commentary on Avianus | Poms, Christopher |
(New) Critical Edition of Avianus | Zago, Giovanni |
Projects on Babrius | Researcher(s) |
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Aesthetics of the arrangements of Babrius’ Mythiambi | Bottini, Vittorio |
Monography on Babrius | Pertsinidis, Sonia |
Publication of an Egyptian ostracon with a Greek fable of Babrius | Schmitz, Philip |
Interpretative Commentary on Babrius | Spielhofer, Lukas |
Babrius and the New Testament | Zimmermann, Ruben |
Projects on Phaedrus | Researcher(s) |
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Interpretative Commentary on Phaedrus | Gärtner, Ursula |
(New) Critical Edition of Phaedrus with translation and commentary | Mordeglia, Caterina |
Projects on Romulus | Researcher(s) |
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Il Romulus Gallicanus: Testo, Traduzione e Commento | Martorana, Simona |
Projects on other authors/fables | Researcher(s) |
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Hesiod, fables in early Greek and Near Eastern literatures | Currie, Bruno |
Fables as a medium to gain further insight into non-elite norms and values in the archaic and classical Greek world | McHugh, Maeve |
Function and tradition of fables in Horace | Reith, Manuel |
The Byzantine fables (Tetrasticha) by Ignatios the Deacon based on Babrius’ fables (edition and translation) | Scognamiglio, Federica |
Projects related to fables | Researchers |
Traditional animal imagery and abstract language | Ferreira, Nelson Henrique S. |
Linguistic study of the Syntipas-Novel | Hinterberger, Martin |
The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures that Make us Human (Monograph) | Kindt, Julia |
MAPPOLA – Mapping out the Poetic Landscape(s) of the Roman Empire | Kruschwitz, Peter |
Ordering Principles in Aelian’s and other ancient miscellanies | Müller, Hendrik |
Shorter Poems in Prose Contexts: from the Roman Republic to Late Antiquity | Neger, Margot |
Folklore in Antiquity and its communicative aspect | Potamiti, Anna |
Projects on didactics/cooperation with schools | Researcher(s) |
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The Digital Schoolbook (thedigitalschoolbook.app) | Arenas Pacheco, Carlos Diego |
Grazer Repositorium antiker Fabeln (GRaF) | Gärtner, Ursula; Spielhofer, Lukas; Lang, Sarah; Poms, Christopher |