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Phaedrus

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

noun

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

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Phaedrus
/ (ˈfiːdrəs) /

noun

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