Aesop’s fables used animals as the characters in the story. ( Archivist / Adobe Stock)
The Frog and the Mouse, The Fox and the Stork, The Boy Who Cried Wolf – these, and many other wonderful fables, were a big part of childhood for many of us. But now that childhood is gone, did we stop to think about the man who wrote them and the deeper, important messages that they convey?
Well, here at Ancient Origins we always remember to touch up on history’s richest subjects and today we are uncovering the centuries of storytelling and the mysterious identity of the figure who wrote it all – Aesop.
Educational, witty, and inspirational, these short fables always had a ‘moral of the story’ – important small lessons that can be a big part of growing up. But we never realized that even in the 20th century, we were listening to the same tales as children from Classical Antiquity. And that is exactly what makes these fables so important – they are immortal.
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Hazel’s comment
I would normally put posts from Ancient Origins into the “10 for Today” trivia posts that I create at weekends but I got really involved with this one and did not want you to miss it!
Take care – even the ads look interesting!
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