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The Lion and the Mouse; The Lion Grown Old; The Lion in Love; The Lion's Share; The Lion, the Bear and the Fox; The Lion, the Boar and the Vultures; The Man and the Lion; The Man with two Mistresses; The Mischievous Dog; The Miser and his Gold; Momus criticizes the creations of the gods; The Moon and her Mother; The Mountain in Labour; The ...
In the oldest versions, a lion threatens a mouse that wakes him from sleep. The mouse begs forgiveness and makes the point that such unworthy prey would bring the lion no honour. The lion agrees and sets the mouse free. Later, the lion is netted by hunters. Hearing it roaring, the mouse remembers its clemency and frees it by gnawing through the ...
The man and the lion (disputing) is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 284 in the Perry Index. [1] An alternative title is The lion and the statue . The story's moral is that the source of evidence should be examined before it is accepted.
Illustration of La Fontaine's fable by Gustave Doré. The Fox and the Sick Lion is one of Aesop's Fables, well known from Classical times and numbered 142 in the Perry Index. [1] There is also an Indian analogue. Interpretations of the story's meaning have differed widely in the course of two and a half millennia.
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 ...
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, Yorks 1842-1857, of Leominster 1857-1862 and of St Michael's, Burleigh Street, Westminster ...
Aesop and the Ferryman; List of Aesop's Fables; Androcles; The Ant and the Grasshopper; The Ape and the Fox; The Ass and his Masters; The Ass and the Pig; The Ass Carrying an Image; The Ass in the Lion's Skin; The Astrologer who Fell into a Well
A crab-eating fox. The tale of the crab and the fox is of Greek origin and is counted as one of Aesop's fables; it is numbered 116 in the Perry Index. [1] The moral is that one comes to grief through not sticking to one's allotted role in life