Aesop's Fables

Aesop Aesop

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 20, 2014 - Fiction - 120 pages

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.

About the author

Though many modern scholars dispute his existence, Aesop's life was chronicled by first century Greek historians who wrote that Aesop, or Aethiop, was born into Greek slavery in 620 B.C. Freed because of his wit and wisdom, Aesop supposedly traveled throughout Greece and was employed at various times by the governments of Athens and Corinth. Some of Aesop's most recognized fables are The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Grapes, and The Ant and the Grasshopper. His simple but effective morals are widely used and illustrated for children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Aesop's Fables
• Author: Aesop Aesop
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014
• ISBN: 1499619472, 9781499619478
• Length: 120 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology