Aesop's Fables

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Summary

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic mediums.

The Greek historian Herodotus mentioned in passing that "Aesop the fable writer" was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE.

List of some fables by Aesop:
• The Ant and the Grasshopper • The Ape and the Fox • The Ass and his Masters • The Mischievous Dog • The Miser and his Gold • The Mountain in Labour • The Wolf and the Lamb • The Woodcutter and the Trees • The Young Man and the Swallow • 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 Old Woman and the Doctor • The Rose and the Amaranth • The Satyr and the Traveller • The Sick Kite • The Snake and the Crab

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