Note 413 — Chapter V · PHAEDRUS AND FABLE: POETRY OF THE TIME

Havet favours later dates for his birth and for chronology of the works. According to his arguments—which present difficulties—Book III. was written under Claudius, IV. under Nero, and V. as late as Vespasian’s time. Havet’s hypothesis depends primarily upon his transposition from Book III. of the second part of the prologue (ll. 33-63) to the epilogue of Book II.