The complete fables
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Contributions
- Aesop. - Contributor
- Temple, Olivia. - Contributor
- Temple, Robert K. G. - Contributor
Publication
1998 - Penguin, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
65,500 words, Guess
Page Count
262 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22294217M
- ISBN-100140446494
- OCLC Control Number39210300
- OCLC Control Numbercompletefables0000aeso
- Library of Congress Control Number98009309
and 2 more
- Goodreads175261
- LibraryThing6818
Classifications
- LCCPA3855.E5T46 1998
Description
This is the first translation ever to make available the complete corpus of 358 fables. Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. Such fables vividly reveal the strange superstitions of ordinary ancient Greeks, how they treated their pets, how they spoilt their sons and even what they kept in their larders. As these stories became well-known, 'Aesopic' one-liners were widely quoted at drinking-parties, and the collection eventually came to include more satirical tales of alien creatures - apes, camels, lions and elephants - which presumably originate in Libya and Egypt. All have now been brought together in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.
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Series Statement
- Penguin classics
Other Editions
- The complete fables
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