What are Aesops fables?
Aesop’s Fables are a collection of short stories which are designed to illustrate simple sayings. The original Aesop’s Fables originated in Ancient Greece, and over the centuries numerous other stories have been added by authors from a wide range of regions. Many bookstores carry various versions of Aesop’s Fables, typically in the children’s literature section, and you might be surprised by how many of these fables you are familiar with, along with the number of references to these famous short stories which appear in popular culture. Aesop himself was supposedly a real person. According to historical evidence, he was a slave in Ancient Greece between 620-560 BCE. Some historians have suggested that Aesop did not actually exist, although he was referenced by contemporaries in Greek society. It is possible that Aesop was actually a collective of people who passed down folk wisdom in the form of brief parables which were collected under one name for publication.
