The Complete Fables - Paperback
by Aesop
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Availability:In StockContributor:Aesop, Olivia Temple (Translator), Robert Temple (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1998-03-01Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140446494ISBN-10:140446494UPC:9780140446494Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Folklore & MythologySize:7.84 x 5.08 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCGFXPW4PW
The Complete Fables
'Many people are not in the least disturbed at the harm that befalls them, provided they can see their enemies' downfall first'
In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140446494ISBN-10:140446494UPC:9780140446494Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Folklore & MythologySize:7.84 x 5.08 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCGFXPW4PW
Aesop probably lived in the middle part of the sixth century BC. A statement in Herodotus gives ground for thinking that he was a slave belonging to a citizen of Samos called Iadmon. Legend says that he was ugly and misshapen. There are many references to Aesop found in the Athenian writers: Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle and others. It is not known whether he wrote down his Fables...
Publisher: Penguin Group
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Revised Edition
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Aesop, Olivia Temple (Translator), Robert Temple (Translator)
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