Letícia Quintella Viana

Entre narrativa e persuasão

We examine the rhetorical crafting of the example in Phaedrus’ Fabulae Aesopiae, focusing on the Prologus and Phaedr. 1.1–1.4 (Mueller, 1876). Drawing on Aristotle’s παράδειγμα and the Latin exemplum, we argue that the Phaedrian fable is a minimal, judgment-oriented narrative whose closure (pro-/epimythium or final sen...