Aesop's Fables
Also known as Fables of Aesop
collection of fables credited to Aesop
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"Aesop's Fables" is a collection of short stories credited to Aesop, an ancient storyteller, in which animals and objects act out simple scenarios to teach moral lessons. These tales have been retold and adapted for thousands of years, making them among the most enduring and widely known works in Western literature.
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- Author
- Aesop
- First published
- 1848
- Editions
- 91
- Subjects
- Fables, Animals, great_books_of_the_western_world, open_syllabus_project, Children's stories, Juvenile literature, Children: Babies Toddlers, Greek Fables
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- Image
- Aesop and Priests by Francis Barlow 1687.png
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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 times through several sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media.