Aesop's Fables by Aesop

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Chris
 Dec 29, 2022
Good quality recording, great book packed with lessons and stories that you are familiar with but didn't know where they came from.

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As children, our first experience of the magic of talking animals, the conflict between good and evil, the battle of wits between the cunning and the innocent most probably came from Aesop's Fables. These delightful, pithy and brief narratives are simple, easy to understand and convey their message in a memorable and charming fashion. Aesop's Fables by Aesop consists of about 600 tales, some well-loved and familiar, others less known but just as entertaining and educative and help us map the perimeters of our moral universe. Fables have existed almost since the dawn of time. They hark back to a time when humans and animals lived in harmony and mutual respect. We humans could learn a great deal from the uncomplicated justice and the commonsense values of the animal kingdom. Animals are endowed with immutable personal traits like foxes being cunning, donkeys being patient, lions being proud and wolves being cruel. There is very little biographical information about Aesop. He is reputed to have been born a slave in Samos in ancient Greece in about 600 BC. He earned his liberty through his learning and wit and went on to become a respected diplomat and traveler. Ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle, historians like Plutarch and Herodotus mention Aesop's fables in their works. Today, these immortal fables have come down to us, as fresh and pristine as they were when they were first told. Aesop's fables were known at the time of Socrates in the 5th century BC, when they were recounted in oral form. However, they were systematically compiled sometime in 300 BC by a Greek philosopher Demetrius Phalereus. The fables gradually vanished from popular literature till the 14th century AD when they re-surfaced in Byzantine Constantinople. Since then, they traversed with traders and diplomats to Europe and then to the rest of the world. Generations of children have enjoyed old favorites like The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Bear and Two Travelers, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Hen who laid Golden Eggs, The Thirsty Crow, The Lion and the Mouse and many others found in this volume along with less familiar ones. Their charm lies in their simplicity and the plain, straightforward way in which they deliver universal values of honesty, compassion and justice and teach us to shun pride, greed, envy and other negative qualities. They provide an enduring foundation for inculcating values and ethics in children and are at the same time, amusing and entertaining.

Episode Date
Introduction by GK Chesterton
Jan 02, 2025
The Fox and The Grapes
Jan 01, 2025
The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs
Dec 31, 2024
The Cat and the Mice
Dec 30, 2024
The Mischievous Dog
Dec 29, 2024
The Charcoal-Burner and The Fuller
Dec 28, 2024
The Mice in Council
Dec 27, 2024
The Bat And The Weasels
Dec 26, 2024
The Dog and The Sow
Dec 25, 2024
The Fox And The Crow
Dec 24, 2024
The Horse and the Groom
Dec 23, 2024
The Wolf and the Lamb
Dec 22, 2024
The Peacock And The Crane
Dec 21, 2024
The Cat And The Birds
Dec 20, 2024
The Spendthrift and the Swallow
Dec 19, 2024
The Old Woman and the Doctor
Dec 18, 2024
The Moon and her Mother
Dec 17, 2024
Mercury and the Woodman
Dec 16, 2024
The Ass, The Fox, and The Lion
Dec 15, 2024
The Lion And The Mouse
Dec 14, 2024
The Crow And The Pitcher
Dec 13, 2024
The Boys and The Frogs
Dec 12, 2024
The North Wind and The Sun
Dec 11, 2024
The Mistress and Her Servants
Dec 10, 2024
The Goods and The Ills
Dec 09, 2024
The Hares and The Frogs
Dec 08, 2024