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  2. The Eagle and the Beetle - Wikipedia

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    The story of the feud between the eagle and the beetle is one of Aesop's Fables and often referred to in Classical times. [1] It is numbered 3 in the Perry Index [2] and the episode became proverbial. Although different in detail, it can be compared to the fable of The Eagle and the Fox. In both cases the eagle believes itself safe from ...

  3. The Weasel and Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    The Weasel and Aphrodite [a] (Ancient Greek: Γαλῆ καὶ Ἀφροδίτη, romanized: Galê kaì Aphrodítē), also known as Venus and the Cat is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 50 in the Perry Index. A fable on the cynic theme of the constancy of one's nature, it serves as a cautionary tale against trusting those with evil temper, for ...

  4. Aesop's Fables - Wikipedia

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    Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers ...

  5. The Lion in Love (fable) - Wikipedia

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    The Lion in Love is a cautionary tale of Greek origin which was counted among Aesop's Fables and is numbered 140 in the Perry Index. [1] Its present title is a translation of the one given by Jean de la Fontaine after he retold it in his fables. Since then it has been treated frequently by artists.

  6. The Satyr and the Traveller - Wikipedia

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    The Satyr and the Traveller, illustrated by Walter Crane, 1887. The Satyr and the Traveller (or Peasant) is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 35 in the Perry Index.The popular idiom 'to blow hot and cold' is associated with it and the fable is read as a warning against duplicity.

  7. The Lion Grown Old - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Griset's illustration of Aesop's fable from 1869 "The Lion Grown Old" is counted among Aesop's Fables and is numbered 481 in the Perry Index. [1] It is used in illustration of the insults given those who have fallen from power and has a similar moral to the fable of The dogs and the lion's skin. Parallel proverbs of similar meaning were ...

  8. George Fyler Townsend - Wikipedia

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    Three hundred Aesop's fables Frontispiece illustration of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. George Fyler Townsend (1814–1900) was the British translator of the standard English edition of Aesop's Fables. He was the son of George Townsend and was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge-DCL 1876. He was Vicar of Barntingham ...

  9. The Deer without a Heart - Wikipedia

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    The Deer without a Heart is an ancient fable, attributed to Aesop in Europe and numbered 336 in the Perry Index. [1] It involves a deer (or an ass in Eastern versions) who was twice persuaded by a wily fox to visit the ailing lion. After the lion had killed it, the fox stole and ate the deer's heart.