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   Why did Aesop become a fable?

   • The probability is that Aesop was no more than a name invented to provide an author for fables centring on beasts, so that “a story of Aesop” became synonymous with “fable.” The importance of fables lay not so much in the story told as in the moral derived from it.

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   How important are fables in Aesop's story?

   • The importance of fables lay not so much in the story told as in the moral derived from it. The first known collection of the fables ascribed to Aesop was produced by Demetrius Phalareus in the 4th century bce, but it did not survive beyond the 9th century ce.

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   Who was Aesop the fable writer?

   • Earlier still, the Greek historian Herodotus mentioned in passing that "Aesop the fable writer" (Αἰσώπου τοῦ λογοποιοῦ; Aisṓpou toû logopoioû) was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE. [ 2 ]

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   How many fables did Aesop have?

   • His fables (or those attributed to him) have been translated around the world and are the substance of numerous stories, poems, and children's books. More information about Aesop and his life can be found at the Wikipedia page devoted to him. There are currently 258 fables on our site.

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   Who was Aesop and what did he write?

   • Aesop was an Ancient Greek writer who lived in the 6th century BC in Athens, Greece. Aesop (Aisopos in Greek, Αίσωπος) is known about the myths he wrote, referred to as Aesop’s Fables. Little is known about the life of Aesop.

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   Did Aesop learn fables from Indian storytellers?

   • Aesop's fables and the Indian tradition, as represented by the Buddhist Jataka tales and the Hindu Panchatantra, share about a dozen tales in common, although often widely differing in detail. There is some debate over whether the Greeks learned these fables from Indian storytellers or the other way, or if the influences were mutual.

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   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.

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   Mar 8, 2014 · Written by a former Greek slave, in the late to mid-6th century BCE, Aesop's Fables are the world's best known collection of morality tales. The fables, numbering 725, were originally told from person-to-person...

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   Aesop’s fables usually involve animals and take the form of very short stories which convey a clear moral. But how clear is the moral in an Aesop fable? Below, we introduce five of the best-known of Aesop’s fables and discuss the moral of each …

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   One of the most famous legends tells that during a feast, the lord of Aesop too boldly stated that he would drink the sea. If he couldn’t he would lose all his wealth. The next morning, realizing his claim was impossible to complete, he called Aesop. The slave quickly realized the trouble his master was in and promised that he would help save his d...

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   In every story in which Aesop is the main character, he is always more clever than his master, and more wise than the wisest of men. That is why the Delphic priests of the temple of the Greek god Apollo did not forgive the wisdom of the slave. Legend has it that Aesop was thrown from a cliff into the sea and accused of stealing a golden cup from a ...

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   As a genre of fables they are close to the artistic atmosphere of fairy tales about animals. They are not the typical Greek myths that we know from the Greek mythology about Gods and Heroes. Observing the life and characteristics of animals, the fabulist makes a comparison between them and the moral characteristics of men. Trickery is not only excl...

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   In that sense Aesop summarizes the essential morals of his time, giving them a satirical evaluation. To hide the sharpness of his critics, but also to provoke the resourcefulness of people, Aesop often likens people with animals and plants. This particular sense of expression has been associated with Aesop throughout the centuries, starting from an...

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   Aesop was a Greek storyteller born in approximately 620 BCE. Tradition says he was born as a slave, but developed a real talent for fables that were used to teach truths in a simple, understandable way.

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   Aesop, the supposed author of a collection of Greek fables, almost certainly a legendary figure. The probability is that Aesop was no more than a name invented to provide an author for fables centering on beasts, so that ‘a story of Aesop’ became synonymous with ‘fable.’

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    Apr 24, 2023 · According to most versions of the Aesop Romance, Aesop was an extremely ugly slave of Phrygian origin who lived on the island of Samos. At the beginning of the story, he is mute, but after winning the favor of a priestess of Isis, the goddess gives him the gift of clever storytelling.