Tag: aesops fables
member name: Beverly T.
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January 18, 2008 03:52 PM EST --
Have you ever heard of the wealth of Croesus? Well it is not a myth! There was really a King of Lydia, the last one in fact, who ruled from 560 to 546 BC. He captured major Greek cities in Western Anatolia . . . more
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January 30, 2008 09:37 PM EST --
Aesop for Today, January 30
Aesop and the Figs
Over the past 2,600 plus years, stories about Aesop as a historical figure remain contradictory . Most confusing are the descriptions of Aesop's . . . more
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February 01, 2008 08:10 PM EST --
Stories of Aesop and Xanthus the Philosopher
In the early 1400's, knowledge about the life of Aesop came from the research of Maximus Planudes , a monk of Constantinope, who was sent on an embassy . . . more
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January 20, 2008 09:51 PM EST --
Like Socrates, and other later Greek teachers, Aesop did not write out his teachings, but gave them by word of mouth, to be copied down by his hearers. That is why no collection of fables can be definitely . . . more
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January 22, 2008 02:13 AM EST --
Aesop knew what it was like to be a slave. He had once had two masters. But now
he was a free man. "One of the privileges of a freedman in the ancient republics of Greece, was the permission . . . more
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January 24, 2008 07:22 PM EST --
In his travels, Aesop visited Athens, Corinth, and many other cities and provinces, teaching the people by means of fables. He reasoned wisely that while men do not like to be told their faults outright, . . . more
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January 28, 2008 03:11 AM EST --
Aesop for Today, January 28
In Germany, the Reformers thought highly of Aesop's Fables , and used them vigorously against their opponents. Martin Luther even began a new translation of them, and . . . more
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January 29, 2008 06:58 AM EST --
Aesop for Today, January 29
Aesop lives on today in many forms. There are storybooks filled with beautiful illustrations and easy to understand wording created just for small children. We have books . . . more
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January 25, 2008 12:39 PM EST --
In the year 1610, Nevelet, a Swiss scholar, created a collection of Aesop's fables. This version has been the standard form of Aesop's collection since . For more than three centuries since . . . more
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February 11, 2008 11:33 PM EST --
Again, as with the past several articles containing stories about Aesop, this
segment is taken from the writings of L'Estrange. They are more fiction than
fact, but very entertaining to read. . . . more
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February 05, 2008 02:51 AM EST --
Aesop for Today, February 5
In reading this new resource (Keith Hopkins) about the relationship between the Philosopher Xanthus and his newly acquired slave, Aesop, there arises a conflict in the . . . more
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February 12, 2008 10:34 PM EST --
In a couple of the articles I've written about Aesop , we find that his philosopher owner, Xanthus, has been irritated with the mischevous nature of his slave, and is looking for a good reason to . . . more
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February 15, 2008 03:56 AM EST --
In this story of Xanthus the philosopher and his slave Aesop, Xanthus makes some ridiculous wager while drunk. Now it was up to Aesop to save his master's pride.
"THERE happened . . . more
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January 23, 2008 11:29 PM EST --
According to one legend, Aesop acquired his skill of writing Fables when he helped a
priestess of the goddess Isis. Isis response was to help the slave, Aesop. He was
"kissed" by the Muses . . . more
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February 07, 2008 08:23 PM EST --
Another "historical" account of Aesop can be found in the writings of L'Estrange.
This is an example of the writing of Sir Roger L'Estrange .
"It was AEsop's . . . more
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February 08, 2008 05:44 AM EST --
Here are more stories from the works of L'Estrange .
"SOME two or three days after [ Xanthus brought Aesop home],
Xanthus took AEsop along with him to a Garden to buy some
Herbs." . . . more
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March 01, 2008 09:02 PM EST --
How Aesop Wins His Freedom
Now Aesop bore up well all the years of his slavery, dealing with the indignity and drudgery of his status. Yet he was aware of his own value not only to his master Xanthus . . . more
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February 04, 2008 04:20 AM EST --
How did Aesop gain his freedom?
The excerpt below is most likely taken from Planudes' Life of Aesop , a biography that I have already discussed in another article about Aesop's history. . . . more
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February 14, 2008 02:05 AM EST --
This story is credited to both the translations of L'Estrange and the writings of another philosopher, Diogenes . This philosopher lived about 400 BC and wrote of the philosophers of the previous . . . more
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