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Toggle Aesop's Fables subsection. 1.1 Titles A–F. 1.2 Titles G–O. 1.3 Titles R–Z. 2 References. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ...
Gustave Doré's 1867 print of the ape astride a sea monster. The Ape (or monkey) and the Dolphin is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 73 in the Perry Index. [1] Due to its appearance among La Fontaine's Fables, it has always been popular in France, but in Britain treatment of the story was rarer until the 19th century.
La Fontaine's fable was later set by Paul Bonneau among his 10 Fables de La Fontaine (1957) and Aesop's is the fourth of five pieces by Anthony Plog for narrator, piano and horn (1989/93). [11] Later it also appeared among the three in Canadian Yvonne Gillespie's Aesop's Fables for narrator and full orchestra (2001).
The story of the feud between the eagle and the beetle is one of Aesop's Fables and often referred to in Classical times. [1] It is numbered 3 in the Perry Index [2] and the episode became proverbial. Although different in detail, it can be compared to the fable of The Eagle and the Fox. In both cases the eagle believes itself safe from ...
The fable was also included in Edward Hughes' Songs from Aesop's fables for children's voices and piano (1965), as the second of Anthony Plog's set for narrator, piano and horn (1989/93) [18] and among the fables set by Yvonne Gillespie for narrator and full orchestra
The Tortoise & the Hare is a 2013 wordless picture book of Aesop's classic fable and is illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a tortoise and a hare that compete in a foot race with the tortoise surprisingly winning.
The fable has also appeared on postage stamps illustrating La Fontaine's fables. These include in the 11 franc commemorative set of 1977 from Burundi ; [ 23 ] the 35 franc stamp issued by Dahomey in 1972, [ 24 ] later overprinted as a 50 franc value for Benin ; [ 25 ] the 170 forint stamp issued as part of a set by Hungary in 1960; [ 26 ] and a ...