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Aesop's Fables
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
The Complete Fables
Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.
Illustrated Stories from Aesop
An enchantingly illustrated, cloth-bound gift edition of a collection of over thirty timeless fables from Aesop, including âe~The Hare and the Tortoiseâe(tm), âe~The Boy who Cried Wolfâe(tm) and âe~The Lion and the Mouseâe(tm).
The Orchard Book of Aesop's Fables
A timeless collection of over twenty of Aesop's best-loved fables, including favourites such as The Hare and the Tortoise, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Dog in the Manger and The Lion and the Mouse. The tales are retold with warmth and humour by former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo and brought to life by Emma Chichester Clark's exquisitely playful and distinctive artwork.
200 Aesop's Fables
The timeless lure of Aesop's fables has been magically captured in this beautifully illustrated book, ideal for young readers.
Luther’s Aesop
Reformer of the church, biblical theologian, and German translator of the Bible Martin Luther had the highest respect for stories attributed to the ancient Greek author Aesop. He assigned them a status second only to the Bible and regarded them as wiser than "the harmful opinions of all the philosophers." Throughout his life, Luther told and retold Aesop’s fables and strongly supported their continued use in Lutheran schools. In this volume, Carl Springer builds on the textual foundation other scholars have laid and provides the first book in English to seriously consider Luther’s fascination with Aesop’s fables. He looks at which fables Luther knew, how he understood and used them, and why he valued them. Springer provides a variety of cultural contexts to help scholars and general readers gain a deeper understanding of Luther’s appreciation of Aesop.
Aesop’s Animals
Turns a critical eye on Aesop's Fables to ask whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover ...
Aesop's Fables
Aesop embodies an epigram not uncommon in human history; his fame is all the more deserved because he never deserved it. The firm foundations of common sense, the shrewd shots at uncommon sense, that characterise all the Fables, belong not him but to humanity. In the earliest human history whatever is authentic is universal: and whatever is universal is anonymous. In such cases there is always some central man who had first the trouble of collecting them, and afterwards the fame of creating them. He had the fame; and, on the whole, he earned the fame. There must have been something great and human, something of the human future and the human past, in such a man: even if he only used it to rob the past or deceive the future.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables Have you heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? What about the ant and the grasshopper? Aesop lived more than 2500 years ago, yet his timeless stories continue to entertain, educate and inspire today. Aesop's fables are a collection of stories from the Greek oral tradition. These stories have been used for moral instruction for thousands of years. "The Boy who Cried Wolf" is just one of many of these fables, all of which include a moral. Aesop was a slave and a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC. His stories are still being told and retold and this collection is an excellent way to read ancient wisdom in an entertaining form.
Aesop's Fables
FOXES, STORKS AND THIRSTY CROWS: THEY'RE ALL GATHERED HERE IN A COLLECTION OF EIGHT OF AESOP'S BEST-LOVED TALES. YOU MAY KNOW THE STORY OF THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE, BUT HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE LION AND THE MOUSE?
