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    Aesop's Fables: Over 140 favourite fables from Aesop

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    With over 140 of Aesop’s fables in this book, readers can dip in and enjoy stories that have been passed down through the ages by listeners, and writers well into Christian times. According to Herodotus, Aesop lived in the region of Amasis, Egypt in the mid-sixth century BC. Aesop was born a slave, but through his gift as a storyteller he found favour at the court of King Croesus. He earned his freedom, granted as a reward for the entertainment he gave with his stories. He travelled after that, and went to Lydia and Greece. The stories contained in this book include the famous ‘Hare and the Tortoise’ and ‘The Crow and the Pitcher’.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeddes and Grosset
    Release dateJul 30, 2015
    ISBN9781849343596
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    Aesop's Fables: Over 140 favourite fables from Aesop
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    Aesop

    Although the three hundred fables in his famous collection are attributed to Aesop, and his name is synonymous with the form, it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for story-telling who lived during the sixth century B.C., many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual. What does seem clear though is that the fables began their life being orally transmitted before being put down in writing.

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