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At 12:41am on January 11, 2009, Laura Gibbs said…: Hi Frank, I saw your comment at the Alciato blog about the bird today - and what a great question! Latin fasianus (later spelled phasianus - and the word is originally Greek I believe) is not a bird who shows up in Aesop's fables... but there is an odd little book called the Dialogus creaturarum moralizatus which features a pheasant in Dialogus 62 and 65 - you can read that here. I cannot find anything else at all - not even in the bestiary tradition about animals in general. That is a really intriguing question... I will definitely keep an eye out for pheasants from now on and let you know if I find anything! :-)

At 10:08am on January 5, 2009, Frank Fasano said…: Gianna is my third grandchild.
Thank you for all your work on latin.

At 4:38pm on November 30, 2008, Laura Gibbs said…: Greetings, Frank! Your motto there is one of my favorites - I worry so much about my students who are so busy studying for school, grades, etc., that LIFE gets left by the wayside! One of the reasons I like working on Aesop is because I do think there are some life lessons we can learn in there... in addition to all the Latin grammar! :-)
It looks like you have a new arrival in the family there from your picture! Congratulations!

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