Phaedrus

[fee-druhs, fed-ruhs]

noun

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

Phaedrus

/ ˈfiːdrəs /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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?”

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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.

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“Tell me, Socrates,” said Phaedrus.

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

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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.

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