Aesop´s Fables

This collection of charming and enduring stories conveys morals to young and old alike.Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece around 620–564 BCE. No writings by him exist (i ...

This collection of charming and enduring stories conveys morals to young and old alike.Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece around 620–564 BCE. No writings by him exist (if they ever existed at all), yet numerous stories and tales have been credited to him and have been shared through oral tradition throughout the world. Many of these use animals as the main characters to convey deeper meanings and morals that have become ingrained in our cultural—and personal—belief systems. For example, in “The Goatherd and the Goat,” we learn that there is no use trying to hide what