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A fable is a short story that usually includes animals that act like people as the main characters and conveys a moral or a lesson to be learnt. Aesop’s Fables (which come to a total of 725, although modern editions often only include between two and three hundred) are no different. Herodotus was writing in the 5th century BCE and tells us that Aesop was a slave on Samos and was known as a storyteller or story maker. It is during the fifth century BCE that some specific tales were connected to Aesop by writers like Aristophanes and Aristotle.
Each of Aesop’s Fables, all of which are short and to the point, contain a central moral, whether that be desirable behaviour, or undesirable. They teach the reader (or listener) about rights and wrongs, and they highlight poor choices. But they’re done so in a way that doesn’t feel like you’re being chastised or taught a lesson, for most of the fables have an animal or animals with human characteristics that are dealing with human concerns.
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— CHAPTERS —
0:00 Introduction
1:04 An Introduction to Aesop and his Fables
3:11 The Purpose of Aesop's Fables
4:43 Aesop's Most Famous Fables
4:55 The Fox and the Grapes
5:24 The Crow and the Pitcher
5:59 The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
6:37 The Tortoise and the Hare
7:45 Outro
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Aesop's Fables https://www.worldhistory.org/article/664/aesops-fables/
Ancient Greek Literature https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Literature/
Aristotle https://www.worldhistory.org/aristotle/
Ancient Egyptian Literature https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Literature/
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All translations of Aesop's Fables in this video were done by V. S. Vernon Jones
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Kelly is a graduate from Monash University who has completed her BA (Honours) in Ancient History and Archaeology, focussing on iconography and status in Pylos burials. She has a passion for mythology and the Aegean Bronze Age.
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Macquire, K. (2022, August 28). An Introduction to Aesop's Fables.
World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2816/an-introduction-to-aesops-fables/
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Macquire, Kelly. "An Introduction to Aesop's Fables."
World History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 28, 2022.
https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2816/an-introduction-to-aesops-fables/.