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Aesop: Fables
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Some may say that Aesop is infamous for the life he led over 2000 years ago and mostly for the hundreds of fables that have been attributed to his name since. Aesop’s fables have reached countless generations since he is reported to have been alive, and they continue to be a part of the lives of many. Not every fable... that has been linked to Aesop is his own original material. In actuality, there are many fables attributed to Aesop that, for a variety of reasons, couldn’t possibly be his own. In many ways the unclear authorship of the fables is at the fault of the storytelling tradition, many details are naturally lost and/or altered. However the storytelling tradition is also responsible for the survival of the Aesop Fables—if story telling didn’t exist, neither Aesop nor his fables would have survived.
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When Aesop permitted the search, the cup was found. He was pronounced guilty and sentenced to be thrown of a cliff into the sea. He tried to rely on his wit and told his captors fable after fable all in vain. As a parting shot he told them the fable of the Jackasses:
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From Wikipedia: "The Scorpion and the Frog is a fable attributed to Aesop. The story is about a scorpion asking a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid to be stung, but the scorpion reassures him that they would both die if that happened. The frog then agrees, but in mid-river the scorpion stings him ... telling him that it is simply his nature to do so."
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This list is composed of single, illustrated adaptations of some of the more common fables from Aesop. The tales have been grouped by the original Aesop's fable and then subarranged alphabetically by author.
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A number of authors from the 5th century BC onward have placed Aesop at a number of locations and situations. This alone makes it likely that "Aesop" was a name invented to be a generic author for any collection of fables; many such collections from various authors being available.
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The greatest teller of fables was Aesop (see Aesop). He was believed to be a slave in ancient Greece. His stories are simple moral lessons illustrated usually by the actions and speech of animals.
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