This is an overview of current research projects on ancient fables.
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| General Projects on Ancient Fables | Researcher(s) |
|---|---|
| Continuing development and promotion of the Carlson Fable Collection at Creighton University (see Links) | Carlson, Rev. Gregory I., S.J. |
| Second (expanded) edition of the Aesopica Posteriora | van Dijk, Gert-Jan |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| Anthology of Aesopica (with translation and commentary) | Lefkowitz, Jeremy |
| Aesopic Corpus | Zafiropoulos, Christos |
| The figure of Aesop and the Aesopic fables in Plutarch | Stergiou, Gianna |
| Projects on Avianus | Researcher(s) |
|---|---|
| Study on the Processing of Pre-Texts in Avianus’ Fables | Mehner, Adrian |
| Interpretative Commentary on Avianus | Poms, Christopher |
| (New) Critical Edition of Avianus | Zago, Giovanni |
| Projects on Babrius | Researcher(s) |
|---|---|
| Aesthetics of the arrangements of Babrius’ Mythiambi | Bottini, Vittorio |
| Dutch (metrical) translation of Babrius’ fable collection | van Dijk, Gert-Jan |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| Interpretative Commentary on Phaedrus | Gärtner, Ursula |
| (New) Critical Edition of Phaedrus with translation and commentary | Mordeglia, Caterina |
| Projects on Romulus | Researcher(s) |
|---|---|
| Il Romulus Gallicanus: Testo, Traduzione e Commento | Martorana, Simona |
| Projects on other authors/fables | Researcher(s) |
|---|---|
| Hesiod, fables in early Greek and Near Eastern literatures | Currie, Bruno |
| Storytelling in Greek in Norman Sicily. Connections within a multilingual literary environment | Guido, Alessandra |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| The Digital Schoolbook (thedigitalschoolbook.app) | Arenas Pacheco, Carlos Diego |
| Grazer Repositorium antiker Fabeln (see Links) | Gärtner, Ursula; Spielhofer, Lukas; Lang, Sarah; Poms, Christopher |