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Phaedrus (Athenian) Phaedrus (), son of Pythocles, of the Myrrhinus deme (Greek: Φαῖδρος Πυθοκλέους Μυῤῥινούσιος, ''Phaĩdros Puthokléous Murrhinoúsios''; c. 444 – 393 BC), was an ancient Athenian aristocrat associated with the in ...

(c. 444 BC – 393 BC), an Athenian aristocrat depicted in Plato's dialogues *

Phaedrus (fabulist) Gaius Julius Phaedrus (; grc-gre, Φαῖδρος; Phaîdros) was a 1st-century CE Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Few facts are known about him for certain and there was little mention of ...

(c. 15 BC – c. AD 50), a Roman fabulist *

Phaedrus the Epicurean Phaedrus (; grc-gre, Φαῖδρος; 138 – 70/69 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher. He was the head (''scholarch'') of the Epicurean school in Athens after the death of Zeno of Sidon around 75 BC, until his own death in 70 or 69 BC. He was a co ...

(138 BC – c. 70 BC), an Epicurean philosopher

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* ''Phaedrus'' (dialogue), a dialogue of Plato * ''Phaedrus'' (play), a 3rd-century BCE comedic play by

Alexis (poet) Alexis ( grc-gre, Ἄλεξις; c. 375 – c. 275 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born at Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy) in Magna Graecia and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen, being enro ...

* Phaedrus, a character in ''

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ''Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values'' is a book by Robert M. Pirsig first published in 1974. It is a work of fictionalized autobiography and is the first of Pirsig's texts in which he explores his concept of Qua ...

'' * A work by

Cy Twombly Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Twombly is said to have influenced younger artists such as ...

* Phaedrus, Johnathan, a character in the Reckoners novels by Brandon Sanderson.

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