Phaedrus (nom. PHAEDER, Inscr. Grut. 1111, 3), i, m., = Φαῖδρος.
I A pupil of Socrates , a native of Myrsinus , in Attica , after whom Plato named one of his dialogues , Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; id. Or. 4, 15; 12, 39; id. Fin. 2, 2, 4; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 53 al. —
II An Epicurean philosopher of Athens , an instructor of Cicero , Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2; id. Fin. 1, 5, 16; id. N. D. 1, 33, 93; id. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—
III A freedman of Augustus , a Thracian by birth , and author of some well-known Latin fables.