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  2. File:Æsop's fables- (IA aesopfables00aesoiala).pdf - Wikipedia

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  3. List of Aesop's Fables - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Aesop's Fables subsection. 1.1 Titles A–F. 1.2 Titles G–O. 1.3 Titles R–Z. 2 References. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ...

  4. Perry Index - Wikipedia

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    Perry 537. Aesop and the Writer Perry 538. Pompey and his Soldier Perry 539. Juno, Venus, and the Hen Perry 540. The Bullock and the Old Ox Perry 541. Aesop and the Victorious Athlete Perry 542. The Ass and the Lyre Perry 543. The Widow and the Soldier Perry 544. The Two Suitors Perry 545. Aesop and his Mistress Perry 546.

  5. Fencing tactics - Wikipedia

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    Fencers tend to stand somewhat side-on to the principal direction of movement (the fencing line), leading with the weapon side (right for a right-hander, left for a left-hander). In this fencing stance the feet are a shoulder-width or more apart with the leading foot forward and the trailing foot at right angles to it. Finally, the knees are ...

  6. Ben Edwin Perry - Wikipedia

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    He graduated from University of Michigan, and Princeton University. [2]He was author of Studies in the Text History of the Life and Fables of Aesop and many other books. His Aesopica ("A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him or Closely Connected with the Literal Tradition that Bears His Name") has become the definitive edition of all fables reputed to be by Aesop, with fables ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. The Honest Woodcutter - Wikipedia

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    The Honest Woodcutter, also known as Mercury and the Woodman and The Golden Axe, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 173 in the Perry Index. It serves as a cautionary tale on the need for cultivating honesty, even at the price of self-interest. It is also classified as Aarne-Thompson 729: The Axe falls into the Stream. [2]

  9. 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 ...