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يقال إن هذه الحكايات حكايات شعبية يونانيةجمعت ووضعت تحت إسم مؤلف متخيل أسموه أيسوبربما بنفس الطريق التي راح بها الأخوين جريم يجمعان الفولكلور الألمانيووضعوه في قصصهم الخرافيةالأشهر ولكن هناك فريق آخر يرى أن أيسوب شخصية حقيقية وأن هذه القصص فعلا من تأليفهوبغض النظر عن الحقيقةفالحكايات هنا مثلها مثل ك Leggi tutto

How often in life these little fables come up and we forget their original (or semi-original) source. Thousands of years old... parables told over and over again, then written down. What do they really mean, you can ask yourself these questions over and over again and have a different answer each ti Leggi tutto

Aesop wrote many intelligent fables in here, and some are real life lessons. One of the most famous, and also the one I take the most from, is The Hare and the Tortoise. We all know the story and the maxim: slow and steady wins the race. Being arrogant and fast isn’t all that. I remember reading thi Leggi tutto

I was looking for a Christmas present for my nephew the other day when I noticed an edition of Aesop's Fables in Blackwells. I had a copy myself when I was a kid, and it was one of my favourite books. I can't guess how many times I read it. Thinking about it now, it surprises me to realise how fresh Leggi tutto

Timeless collection of fables by Aesop.

AESOP'S ECHOES It is amazing how so many popular references and common senses are found here. Aesop finds his echoes throughout the high flying philosophers and through the earthy grandmothers, not only engrafted into the literature of the civilized world, but familiar as household words in daily

I must admit that at this time some of these tales fell flat & are as antiquarian as... Carriages? Shepherds? But still, some of them are cynical enough to strike my fancy, and most of them end with a little innocent critter dying and learning a mistake way too late--all so that we can benefit. There Leggi tutto