Aesop's Fables : A New Translation

By Vernon Jones, V. S.

Book Id: WPLBN0000580087
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Aesop's Fables : A New Translation
Author:	Vernon Jones, V. S.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Children's literature, Children's fiction
Collections:	Children's Literature Collection
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Publisher:	World Public Library Association


Citation APA MLA Chicago Jones, V. V. (n.d.). Aesop's Fables : A New Translation. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Excerpt: AESOP, the most famous fabulist of all time, is a figure shrouded in mystery. Because it is unlikely that early remarks in authors like Herodotus, Aristophanes and Plato have no foundation in reality, it can cautiously be said that Aesop was a slave in the sixth century B.C., that he came from Phrygia and lived in Samos, and that he was known for his ability to craft fables (logoi). The story that Aesop met his end at Delphi, where he was sentenced to death and pushed off a cliff because he insulted the Delphians, is already current in the fifth century B.C.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: THE FOX AND THE GRAPES -- THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS -- THE CAT AND THE MICE -- THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG -- THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER -- THE MICE IN COUNCIL -- THE BAT AND THE WEASELS -- THE DOG AND THE SOW -- THE FOX AND THE CROW -- THE HORSE AND THE GROOM -- THE WOLF AND THE LAMB -- THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE -- THE CAT AND THE BIRDS -- THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW -- THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR -- THE MOON AND HER MOTHER -- MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN -- THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION -- THE LION AND THE MOUSE -- THE CROW AND THE PITCHER -- THE BOYS AND THE FROGS