Aesop's Fables (Classic Reprint) [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Twas the Golden A ge, when every brute Had voice articulate, in speech was skilled, And the mid-forests with its synods filled. The tongues of rock and pine-leaf then were free ;T oship and sailor then would speak the sea ;S parrows with farmers would shrewd talk maintain ;E arth gave all fruits, nor asked for toil again. Mortals and gods were wont to mix as friends. To which conclusion all the teaching tends Of sage oldy sop. BABRIUS. Proem I. IT is probable that Fables which have passed current under the name of yE sop for two thousand years, will continue to bear his name as long as fables shall retain their power to instruct and charm in other words, as long as men remain in need of instruction and reproof, and are impatient of their recep tion. Truth, however, calls for the assertion, that the connection of JE sop with the collection known by his name is very slight. Nearly all that can be said with certainty is, that there is abundant proof that fables passing under the name of -E sop were current and popular in A thens during the most brilliant period of its literary history, and not much more than a century after the death of the supposed author. We are further told, on good authority, that of ALsop sworks, none are extant, and of his life scarcely anything is known.
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