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Babrius (c. Second Century A.D.)
Babrius (bā’bri-us). A Greek writer of fables in verse; variously referred to the time immediately preceding the Augustan age, and to the third century of our era; his name also shows variants, as Babrias, Gabrius. Till 1842 only a few fragments of Babrius were known to be extant; but in that year, in the convent of St. Laura on Mt. Athos was discovered a MS. containing 123 of his fables. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).