Aesop Fables
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62Charles H. Bennett (illustrator) — The Ant and the Grasshopper, 1857 Charles Henry Bennett (London, 1828–2 April 1867) was a prolific Victorian illustrator who pioneered techniques in comic illustration. He wrote illustrated stories and illustrated many children s books including… …
63The Young Man and the Swallow — (which also has the Victorian title of The spendthrift and the swallow ) is one of Aesop s Fables and is numbered 169 in the Perry Index. It is associated with the ancient proverb One swallow doesn t make a summer . The Fable A woodcut from the… …
64BERECHIAH — (fourth cent.), Palestinian amora; sometimes referred to in the Midrash as R. Berechiah ha Kohen. His father s name was apparently Ḥiyya (Tanḥ. B. Gen. 60, cf. Lev. R. 31); was a pupil of R …
65Babrius — was the author of a collection of fables written in Greek.Practically nothing is known of him. He is supposed to have been a Roman, whose gentile name was possibly Valerius, living in the East, probably in Syria, where the fables seem first to… …
66The Fox and the Grapes — is a fable attributed to Aesop. The protagonist, a fox, upon failing to find a way to reach grapes hanging high up on a vine, retreated and said: The grapes are sour anyway! The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:: It is easy to despise… …
67The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs — is one of many fables attributed to Aesop, and one that can be found in a compilation of his works cited and sourced at the bottom of this article. It is very popular, as are many of his fables, which also include The Fox and the Grapes, The Boy… …
68Auctores octo morales — The Auctores octo morales (Eight Moral Authors) was a collection of Latin textbooks, of an elementary standard, that was used for pedagogy in the Middle Ages in Europe. It was printed in many editions, from the end of the fifteenth century. At… …
69Chanticleer and the Fox — For the Caldecott Medal winner, see Chanticleer and the Fox (book) Chanticleer and the Fox is a fable that dates from the Middle Ages. Though it can be compared to Aesop s fable of The Fox and the Crow, it is of more recent origin. The story… …
70Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …
