Aesop's Fables
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"[Through Aesop] [...] we acquire certain opinions of the several animals and think of some of them as royal animals, of others as silly, of others as witty, of others as innocent." --The life of Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratus "A Shepherd's Boy was tending his flock near a village, and thought it would be great fun to hoax the villagers by pretending that a Wolf was attacking the sheep: so he shouted out, "Wolf! wolf!" and when the people came running up he laughed at them for their pains. He did this more than once, and every time the villagers found they had been hoaxed, for there was no Wolf at all. At last a Wolf really did come, and the Boy cried, "Wolf! wolf!" as loud as he could: but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for help. And so the Wolf had it all his own way, and killed off sheep after sheep at his leisure."--"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" |
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Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620–560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known throughout the world.
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List of some fables by Aesop
- The Ant and the Grasshopper
- The Ape and the Fox
- The Ass and his Masters
- The Ass and the Pig
- The Ass Carrying an Image
- The Ass in the Lion's Skin
- The Astrologer who Fell into a Well
- The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird
- The Bear and the Travelers
- The Beaver
- The Belly and the Other Members
- The Bird in Borrowed Feathers
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- The Cat and the Mice
- The Cock and the Jewel
- The Cock, the Dog and the Fox
- The Crow and the Pitcher
- The Crow and the Sheep
- The Crow and the Snake
- The Deer without a Heart
- The Dog and its Reflection
- The Dog and the Wolf
- The Dove and the Ant
- The Farmer and the Stork
- The Farmer and the Viper
- The Fir and the Bramble
- The Fisherman and the Little Fish
- The Fowler and the Snake
- The Fox and the Crow
- The Fox and the Grapes
- The Fox and the Mask
- The Fox and the Sick Lion
- The Fox and the Stork
- The Fox and the Weasel
- The Fox and the Woodman
- The Frog and the Mouse
- The Frog and the Ox
- The Frogs and the Sun
- The Frogs Who Desired a King
- The Goat and the Vine
- The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
- Hercules and the Wagoner
- The Honest Woodcutter
- The Horse and the Donkey
- The Lion and the Fox
- The Lion and the Mouse
- The Lion's Share
- The Lion, the Bear and the Fox
- The Man with two Mistresses
- The Mischievous Dog
- The Miser and his Gold
- The Mountain in Labour
- The Mouse and the Oyster
- The North Wind and the Sun
- The Oak and the Reed
- The Old Man and Death
- The Old Woman and the Doctor
- The Rose and the Amaranth
- The Satyr and the Traveller
- The Sick Kite
- The Snake and the Crab
- The Snake and the Farmer
- The Snake in the Thorn Bush
- The Tortoise and the Birds
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- Town Mouse and Country Mouse
- The Travellers and the Plane Tree
- The Trees and the Bramble
- The Trumpeter Taken Captive
- The Two Pots
- Venus and the Cat
- The Walnut Tree
- Washing the Ethiopian white
- The Wolf and the Crane
- The Wolf and the Lamb
- The Woodcutter and the Trees
- The Young Man and the Swallow
Fables wrongly attributed to Aesop
- The Scorpion and the Frog.
- An ass eating thistles
- The Bear and the Gardener
- Belling the cat (also known as The Mice in Council)
- The Blindman and the Lame
- The Boy and the Filberts
- Chanticleer and the Fox
- The Dog in the Manger
- The drowned woman and her husband
- The Elm and the Vine
- The Fox and the Cat
- The Gourd and the Palm-tree
- The Hawk and the Nightingale
- Jumping from the frying pan into the fire
- The milkmaid and her pail
- The miller, his son and the donkey
- The Monkey and the Cat
- The Priest and the Wolf
- The Shepherd and the Lion
- Still waters run deep
- The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
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