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Aesop and Aesop's Fables

Aesop

Aesop (ē´səp, ē´sŏp), legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th cent. BC and eventually was freed by his master. Other accounts associate him with many wild adventures and connect him with such rulers as Solon and Croesus. The fables called Aesop's fables were preserved principally through Babrius, Phaedrus, Planudes Maximus, and La Fontaine's verse translations. The most famous of these fables include "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Tortoise and the Hare." See fable.

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Three Hundred and Fifty Aesop's Fables
George Fyler Townsend; Harrison Weir; Aesop. Belford, Clarke, 1882

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Kings & Prophets: Monarchic Power, Inspired Leadership, & Sacred Text in Biblical Narrative
Cristiano Grottanelli. Oxford University Press, 1999

Librarian’s tip: "The Joseph Story and the Life of Aesop" begins on p. 148

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The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard. Oxford University Press, 1999

Librarian’s tip: "Aesop" begins on p. 8

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The Quest of the Historical Gospel: Mark, John, and the Origins of the Gospel Genre
Lawrence M. Wills. Routledge, 1997

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 2 "The Life of Aesop and the Hero Cult Paradigm in the Gospel Tradition" and Appendix "English Translation of the Life of Aesop"

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A Literary History of Rome in the Silver Age: From Tiberius to Hadrian
J. Wight Duff. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927

Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Aesop begins on p. 135

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Cipion, Berganza, and the Aesopic Tradition
Carranza, Paul. Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2003

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The Body Politic: Anatomy of a Metaphor
Harvey, A. D. Contemporary Review, Vol. 275, No. 1603, August 1999

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Talking Animals: Medieval Latin Beast Poetry, 750-1150
Jan M. Ziolkowski. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993

Librarian’s tip: "Fables and Tales" begins on p. 15

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The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs
William George Smith. Clarendon Press, 1935

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English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: A Historical Dictionary
G. L. Apperson. J.M. Dent and Sons, 1929

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