Other editions of book Aesop's Fables

Aesop, the slave and storyteller of ancient Greece, with humor, irony, and commonsense philosophy, illuminates the follies, frailties, and resilience of humankind to this day with hi stories. Numerous fables appearing under his name were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of these tales animals speak and have human characteristics. The body of work identified as Aesop’s Fables was transmitted by a series of authors writing in both Greek and Latin. Aesop’s Fables continued to be revised and translated through the ensuing centuries, with the addition of material from other cultures. With a surge in scholarly interest beginning toward the end of the 20th century, some attempt has been made to determine the nature and content of the very earliest fables which may be most closely linked to the historic Aesop.These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables - the fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep's clothing and many others - have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues.