Phaedrus

American  

[fee-druhs, fed-ruhs] / ˈfi drəs, ˈfɛd rəs /

noun

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

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Phaedrus British  

/ ˈfiːdrəs /

noun

1. ?15 _bc –?50 _ad , Roman author of five books of Latin verse fables, based chiefly on Aesop

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Example Sentences

Once Socrates, the great Athenian teacher, who lived hundreds of years, thousands, perhaps, after the mythological stories were first told, went on a walk with a young man he was fond of named Phaedrus.

From Literature

They talked as they wandered idly on and Phaedrus asked, “Is not the place somewhere near here where Boreas is said to have carried off Orithyia from the banks of the Ilissus?”

From Literature

“Tell me, Socrates,” said Phaedrus.

From Literature

In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates explains his criticisms of writing.

From Slate

In Plato’s “Phaedrus,” Socrates extols divinely inspired madness in mystics, lovers, poets and prophets; he describes these disturbances as gifts of the gods, rather than maladies.

From New York Times