Aesop's fables

Cultural  

1. A group of stories thought to have been written by Aesop, a Greek storyteller. The main characters in these stories are animals, and each story demonstrates a moral lesson. (See also “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” “The Fox and the Grapes,” and “The Tortoise and the Hare.”)

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Example Sentences

He spent over three decades reimagining classic children’s tales like L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” and Aesop’s fables.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2019

Pinkney signed a copy of his book “The Lion and the Mouse,” a wordless adaptation of one of Aesop’s fables, which will be displayed at City Hall.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2016

One, inspired by Aesop’s fables, teased grackles with food floating on water just outside of the bird’s reach, forcing the birds to throw large pebbles into the container to raise the water level.  

From National Geographic • May 11, 2016

Terry has noticed, as have others, the Aesopian motifs that occur, and includes slender, playful versions, sometimes modernised, of Aesop's fables himself.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2013

The correct response to this is to be found in one of Aesop’s fables, ‘The Braggart’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton