Das Leben des Fabeldichters Äsop (6.Jh. v. Chr.) wird in einem griechischen Roman der römischen Kaiserzeit erzählt. Die vollständige Fassung des anonymen Originals ist uns nicht mehr erhalten, überliefert ist er aber in Papyrusfragmenten und in Handschriften, die verschiedene Fassungen und Versionen erkennen lassen.

The Life of Aesop the Philosopher, an anonymous Greek literary work, presents one version of the novelistic biography of Aesop, which dates to the fourth to fifth century CE. In this volume, Grammatiki A. Karla offers an extended introduction to the Life of Aesop in general, the history of the textual tradition, and the MORN manuscript family and its relationship to other versions and papyrus fragments. She then presents a new edition of the late antique version (MORN) alongside David Konstan's (...) English translation. A commentary addresses editorial choices and focuses on words and phrases that are of interest for the history of the Greek language. (shrink)