# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phaedrus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:53:29.101Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/phaedrus"
name: "Phaedrus"
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tagline: "Latin fabulist and probably a Thracian slave"
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birthDate: "-20"
deathDate: "50"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 15 BC, Phaedrus lived through the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, working as the first writer to render Aesop's fables in Latin meter. His life left almost no external trace — no biographies, no contemporary mentions — and late antiquity largely ignored him. He survived only in fragments until the Renaissance, when imperfect manuscripts surfaced and scholars realized what had been lost: not just an author, but a key link in how the fables traveled from Greek antiquity into European tradition. He died around 50 AD, his significance recognized centuries too late.