Aesop

Aesop (6th century BC), is believed to have been a Greek slave on the island of Samos and, according to Herodotus and other classical writers, he was killed by the people of Delphi, who threw him off a rock after he had committed some grave offence against them. Legend has it that he was misshapen, ugly and spoke with a stammer, but his storytelling was famed for its wit, and his ability to teach lessons in morality through story has made his name synonymous with the genre of 'fable'. None of the stories attributed to him existed in written versions until about 300 BC, and the fables have been added through the centuries to the collections appearing under his name,…

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Fables

Aesop; Translated by Roger L'Estrange; Illustrated by Stephen Gooden
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The Complete Fables

Aesop; Translated by Olivia Temple and Robert Temple; Introduction by Robert Temple

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