This book, newly updated , contains the largest collection of Aesop’s fables available in English (the complete corpus of 357 fables).
Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BCE, who represented his masters in court and negotiations and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. Such fables vividly reveal the strange superstitions of ordinary ancient Greeks, how they treated their pets, how they spoilt their sons and even what they kept in their larders. As these stories became well-known, 'Aesopic' one-liners were widely quoted at drinking-parties, and the collection eventually came to include more satirical tales of alien creatures – apes, camels, lions and elephants – which presumably originate in Libya and Egypt.
Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BCE, who represented his masters in court and negotiations and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. Such fables vividly reveal the strange superstitions of ordinary ancient Greeks, how they treated their pets, how they spoilt their sons and even what they kept in their larders. As these stories became well-known, 'Aesopic' one-liners were widely quoted at drinking-parties, and the collection eventually came to include more satirical tales of alien creatures – apes, camels, lions and elephants – which presumably originate in Libya and Egypt.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9786050484069 ● File size 2.9 MB ● Publisher Book House Publishing ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5113091 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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