Aesop Fables

  • 51The North Wind and the Sun — The wind attempts to strip the traveler of his cloak, illustrated by Milo Winter in a 1919 Aesop anthology …

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  • 52Phaedrus — (c. 15 BC – c. AD 50), Roman fabulist, was probably a Thracian slave [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=EA17XO5SeU4C pg=PA95 dq=Phaedrus++greek+thracian+slave sig=xhJShvjIEM9ZR1zEbbm 0PSjH8U Relighting the Souls: Studies in Plutarch, in Greek… …

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  • 53Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …

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  • 54children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… …

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  • 55The Boy Who Cried Wolf — For other uses, see Cry Wolf. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, is one of Aesop s Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom to cry wolf , meaning to give a false alarm.[1] Contents 1 The fable and its history 2 See also …

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  • 56The Dog in the Manger — The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. Interpreted variously over the centuries, it is used now of those who spitefully prevent others from having… …

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  • 57Henryson, Robert — (ca. 1425–ca. 1505)    Robert Henryson was the outstanding Scottish poet of the 15th century, and author of one of the finest late medieval narrative tragedies, The Testament of Cresseid. For centuries Henryson was classified among a group of… …

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  • 58Jean de La Fontaine — Infobox Writer name =Jean de La Fontaine |thumb|left|225px caption = birthdate = birth date|1621|7|8|df=y birthplace = Château Thierry, Champagne. 1 deathdate = death date and age|1695|4|13|1621|6|8|df=y deathplace = Paris, France occupation =… …

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  • 59Tom Paxton — Infobox musical artist Name = Tom Paxton Img capt = Tom Paxton at a concert in 2007 Background = solo singer Birth name = Thomas Richard Paxton Born = Birth date and age|1937|10|31|mf=y. Chicago, Illinois. Died = Origin = Instrument = Guitar,… …

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  • 60The Ant and the Grasshopper — also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant or The Grasshopper and the Ants , is a fable attributed to Aesop, providing a moral lesson about hard work and preparation. In the numbering system established for Aesopic fables by B. E. Perry, it is nu …

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