In the absence of verifiable accounts, the classicist Robin Waterfield writes in the introduction to his lively and colloquial translation of the fables, “Aesop” is better understood as “the ...

He is best known for his collection of fables, called Aesop's Fables. Some of the most recognizable short stories in this ...

“Aesop is not a good book for reformers,” a critic once observed, and it’s true that the fables present our natures and ...