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The fables of Aesop

Selected, Told Anew, and Their History Traced

by Aesop, Harrison Weir, 621? BCE-565? BCE Aesop & Joseph Jacobs (Editor)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Juvenile
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"The Fables of Aesop" by Aesop is a collection of fables credited to a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. These short tales feature talking animals and plants that teach moral lessons through simple yet profound scenarios. Originally part of oral tradition, the stories were collected centuries after Aesop's death and have been continuously expanded, translated, and reinterpreted across cultures. The fables address ethical, social, and political themes, offering timeless wisdom through humble incidents that reveal great truths about human nature and behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “folklore” and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Animism”.

    • “Animism”· via Open Library

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Selected, Told Anew, and Their History Traced

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1992-03-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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