Buy this book on-line Nicholas, Nick & Baloglou, George : An Entertaining Tale of QuadrupedsColumbia University Press, New York, 2003 ISBN 0231127618
An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds (Records of Western Civilization e. An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds is the first English verse translation of the Greek satirical poem "Diegesis Paidiophrastos ton Zoon ton Tetrapodon". Written by an anonymous author in fourteenth-century Byzantium, this vernacular allegorical poem has long been recognized as a unique document, one that appears to have originated independently of comparable works in other traditions. A medieval Animal Farm, the story describes a convention of animals in which each beast vaunts its uses to humanity while denigrating others, resulting in a cataclysmic battle. The authors provide extensive textual analysis and notes on the form, style, and context of the poem. Parallel Greek English text. 557p, illus commentary appendox .index. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Nicholas, Nick & Baloglou, George : An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, first editions, livres d'occasion, out-of-print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |