Phaedrus

[ fee-druh s, fed-ruh s ]

/ ˈfi drəs, ˈfɛd rəs /

flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.

Example sentences from the Web for phaedrus

In the Phaedrus, as well as in the Meno, it is this former rather than a future life on which Plato is disposed to dwell.

Meno |Plato
A remark of Socrates in the Phaedrus should be well pondered by disciples of art for art's sake.

The Literature of Ecstasy |Albert Mordell
They remind us of the Timaeus, as well as of the Phaedrus and Philebus.

Timaeus |Plato
The work of Euhemerus was conceived in that spirit of vulgar rationalism, which is condemned by Plato in the Phaedrus.

The Roman Poets of the Republic |William Young Sellar

The myth in the Phaedrus is even greater than the myths which have been already described, but is of a different character.

Gorgias |Plato

Phaedrus

/ (ˈfiːdrəs) /

?15 bc –?50 ad, Roman author of five books of Latin verse fables, based chiefly on Aesop