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Aesop, believed to have been a slave in the 6th century B.C is widely known for his collection of short stories (logoi) , he is himself the central character in ancient books, the most obvious being The Book of Xanthus which describes Aesop as an ugly mute slave granted the power of speech and the gift of crafting fables by an attendant to the god Isis in return for an act of generosity, he uses this ability to connive his way to Samos and into the house of the philosopher Xanthus, where Aesop frequently outthinks the philosopher that owns him and leaps from one misadventure to the next, other accounts have him put to death by being forced off a cliff by the Delphians.
The current take on Aesops fables is that they are designed to impart some lesson at the end, but in his own time fables were not morality based, but rather the means by which people could come to terms with natural phenomena, this is still apparent in the harsher aspects of the stories, not all of them have happy or satisfying endings.
The modern Fable aspect of Aesop is what I hoping to discuss here. I have posted a link Aesop's Fables - Online Collection - Section 2 - 656+ fables which has the fables listed, some have meanings already attributed to them and some dont.
Do you agree with the interpretations of the fables?
More interestingly do you have your own interpretation for the ones that are missing?
Do you have a favourite of the fables, what is it?
The current take on Aesops fables is that they are designed to impart some lesson at the end, but in his own time fables were not morality based, but rather the means by which people could come to terms with natural phenomena, this is still apparent in the harsher aspects of the stories, not all of them have happy or satisfying endings.
The modern Fable aspect of Aesop is what I hoping to discuss here. I have posted a link Aesop's Fables - Online Collection - Section 2 - 656+ fables which has the fables listed, some have meanings already attributed to them and some dont.
Do you agree with the interpretations of the fables?
More interestingly do you have your own interpretation for the ones that are missing?
Do you have a favourite of the fables, what is it?