Aesop

:"Aesopus" redirects here: see also Clodius Aesopus.

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop. Aesop's Fables has also become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals.

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Aesop's Fables - Fable - Blanket term

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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 and The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf (also known as The Boy Who Cried Wolf), are well-known throughout the world.

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Moral - The Fox and the Grapes - Idiom - The Tortoise and the Hare - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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