Aesop's Fables  

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Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620–560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known throughout the world.

List of some fables by Aesop

• Lion's Share
• The Ant and the Grasshopper
• The Bear and the Travelers
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf
• The Boy Who Was Vain
• The Cat and the Mice
• The Crow and the Pitcher
• The Deer without a Heart
• The Dog and the Bone
• The Dog and the Wolf
• The Dog in the Manger
• The Farmer and the Stork
• The Farmer and the Viper
• The Frog and the Ox
• The Frogs Who Desired a King
• The Fox and the Crow
• The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
• The Lion and the Mouse
• The Mice in Council
• The Mischievous Dog
• The North Wind and the Sun
• The Tortoise and the Hare
• The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
• The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

• A famous fable commonly mis-attributed to Aesop is The Scorpion and the Frog.
• It is alleged the story "The Fox and the Cat" is an Aesop Fable.

See also

• Aesop's Film Fables
• Ancient Greek literature
• Panchatantra
• Uncle Remus