Phyllis and Aristotle  1530

The story of Phyllis on Aristotle dates back to the 13th century in German and French versions, but is much better known from [b]John Herold’s Latin version from the 14th century[/b]. Herold was a Dominican who compiled a number of exempla that could be used in sermons. According to this version, Aristotle had warned his student, Alexander the Great, to avoid intimate affa...