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Aesop (left) as depicted by Francis Barlow in the 1687 edition of Aesop's Fables with His Life. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern ...
The Astrologer who Fell into a Well. The Bald Man and the Fly. The Bear and the Travelers. The Beaver. The Belly and the Other Members. The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird. The Bird in Borrowed Feathers. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Bulls and the Lion.
Aesop (/ ˈ iː s ɒ p / EE-sop or / ˈ eɪ s ɒ p / AY-sop; Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; formerly rendered as Æsop) is an almost certainly legendary Greek fabulist and storyteller, said to have lived c. 620–564 BCE, and credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables.
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The fable in literature. In the oldest versions, a lion threatens a mouse that wakes him from sleep. The mouse begs forgiveness and makes the point that such unworthy prey would bring the lion no honour. The lion agrees and sets the mouse free. Later, the lion is netted by hunters. Hearing it roaring, the mouse remembers its clemency and frees ...
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, illustrated by Milo Winter in a 1919 edition. " The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs " is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 87 in the Perry Index, a story that also has a number of Eastern analogues. Many other stories contain geese that lay golden eggs, though certain versions change them for hens or other ...
The Fox and the Crow (Aesop) A 19th century Minton tile illustrating the fable. The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. There are early Latin and Greek versions and the fable may even have been portrayed on an ancient Greek vase. [1] The story is used as a warning against listening to flattery.
Aesop's Fables (1912), illustrated by Arthur Rackham. " The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse " is one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne–Thompson 's folk tale index. [1] [2] Like several other elements in Aesop's fables, "town mouse and country mouse" has become an English idiom .