02387cam a2200421 a 4500 55001 20230411090012.0 020415s2002 enk b 001 0 eng (OCoLC)ocm49593838 UKM UKM TJC OCLCQ XY4 OCLCQ BAKER IXA YDXCP GBA2-X8291 0192840509 9780192840509 UKM bA2X8291 YDXCP 100303130 NZ1 7450520 (OCoLC)49593838 eng und 398.2452 21 PA3855.E5 A246 2002 GRAL Aesop's fables. English. Aesop's fables / translated with an introduction and notes by Laura Gibbs. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. xli, 306 p. ; 20 cm. Oxford world's classics Includes bibliographical references and index. The story goes that a sow who had delivered a whole litter of piglets loudly accosted a lioness. "How many children do you breed?" asked the sow. "I breed only one," said the lioness, "but he is very well bred!"' The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the stories of the tortoise and the hare, and the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. Aesop, the popular favourite -- Fables -- Aetiologies, paradoxes, insults, and jokes. Fables, Greek Translations into English. Aesop. Gibbs, Laura. Baker & Taylor BKTY 10.95 8.21 0192840509 0004112901 active YBP Library Services YANK 100303130 lcc bk lmminaya C0 DRFGD 110726 110726 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2023-04-11 0 00000056599 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 bk