AVIANUS  , a Latin writer of fables, placed by some critics in the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of the Antonines, by others as See also:

• LATE

late as the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D . He appears to have lived at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and to have been a See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen . The 42 fables which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear his name are dedicated to a certain See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius, whose learning is spoken of in most flattering terms . He may possibly be See also:

• MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS

Macrobius Theodosius, the author of the Saturnalia ; some think he may be the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of that name . Nearly all the fables are to be found in See also:

• BABRIUS

Babrius, who was probably Avianus's source of See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration, but as Babrius wrote in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, and Avianus speaks of having made an elegiac version from a rough Latin copy, probably a See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase, he was not indebted to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre are on the whole correct, in spite of deviations from classical usage, chiefly in the management of the See also:

• PENTAMETER

pentameter . The fables soon became popular as a school-See also:

• BOOK

book . Promythia and epimythia (introductions and morals) and paraphrases, and imitations were frequent, such as the Novus Avianus of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• NECKAM, ALEXANDER (1157-1217)

Neckam (12th century) . EDIrloxs.—Cannegieter (1731), See also:

• LACHMANN, KARL KONRAD FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1793-1851)

Lachmann (1845), Frohner (1862), Bahrens in Poetae See also:

• LATINI, BRUNETTO (c. 1210-C. 1294)

Latini Minores, See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis (1887) . See See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, De Phaedri et Aviani Fabulis (1875) ; Unrein, De Aviani Aetate (1885) ; Hervieux, See also:

• LES

Les Fabulistes latins (1894) ; The Fables of Avian translated into Englyshie . . . by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• CAXTON, WILLIAM (c. 1422-1491)

Caxton at Westmynstre (1483) .