Aesop's Fables contains timeless messages

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A swallow and crow were arguing over who had the superior plumage when the crow ended the discussion by pointing out that, though the swallow’s feathers were pretty, his kept him from freezing during the winter. 

The crow then dropped the mic and walked off the stage.

It is probable that Fables which have passed current under the name of Aesop for two thousand rears, will continue to bear his name as long as fables shall retain their power to instruct and charm–in other words, as long as men remain in need of instruction and reproof, and are impatient of their reception. 

Truth, however, calls for the assertion, that the connection of Aesop with the collection known by his name is very slight.

 

Nearly all that can be said with certainty is, “that there is abundant proof that fables passing under the name of Aesop were current and popular in Athens during the most brilliant period of its literary history, and not much more than a century after the death of the supposed author.” We are further told, on good authority, that of Aesop’s works, “none are extant, and of his life scarcely anything is known.”

What is known of the life of Aesop is briefly this:–He was born probably in Phrygia Major about 620 B.C., and died about 564 B.C. or it may be a little later. 

Herodotus mentions him as having been, along with the beautiful Rhodopis, a slave in the service of Iadmon, who eventually gave him his liberty. 

The name of a former master was Xanthus. Plutarch speaks of Aesop as being present, with Solon, at the court of Croesus, King of Lydia. 

He appears at Athens in the time of Pisistratus and Periander (see the Fable of the “Frogs asking for a King,” and the “Fox and the Hedgehog“).

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