Resumo de Aesop S Fables

Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620?560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals.The legend tells it that Aesop lived during the sixth century BC, scholars have narrowed down his birthplace to a few different places but no one knows for sure. He was born a slave, and in his lifetime two different masters owned him before being granted his freedom. The slave masters were named, Xanthus and Iadmon, the latter gave him his freedom as a reward for his wit and intelligence. As a freedman he supposedly became involved in public affairs and traveled a lot?telling his fables along the way. King Croesus of Lydia was so impressed with Aesop that he offered him residency and a job at his court. While on a mission for King Croesus to distribute a certain amount of gold to the people of Delphi in Greece, there was a misunderstanding about how much gold each person was supposed to receive. Aesop became discouraged because the Delphians did not seem appreciative enough of the gift from the King so Aesop decided to take it all back to King Croesus. On his journey back the people of Delphi, who thought he was actively cheating them and giving them a bad reputation lay a trap for Aesop. By stealth they stashed a golden bowl from their temple in his baggage; then as he starts off through Phocis, they overtake him, search his baggage, and find the bowl. Haled back to Delphi, Aesop is found guilty of sacrilege against Apollo for the theft of the bowl and is condemned to death by being hurled off a cliff.The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Towards the end of the 17th century, the French fables of French poet Jean de la Fontaine were partly inspired by the Aesop's Fables, although he acknowledges that the greatest part of them is inspired by the original Sanskrit version. Around 1800, the fables were adapted and translated into Russian by the Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. Aesop's Fables includes a total of 638 Fables,the first translation of Aesop's Fables into Chinese was made in 1625. It included thirty-one fables conveyed orally by a Belgian Jesuit missionary to China named Nicolas Trigault and written down by a Chinese academic named Zhang Geng. There have been various modern-day translations by Zhou Zuoren and others.Aesop's Fables are stories from Ancient Greece with morals, ideas for discussion and great examples of communication for the world. Whatever the story of Aesop, the fables that bear his name (Aesop collected the fables, he didn't write them) contain timeless lessons. Aesop's Fables also gave rise to and reflect many of today's expressions and clichés. His fables, always with a moral and ethical undertone, have presented countless generations with amusing and thought provoking tales. The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. These fables use interesting stories, which feature English-speaking animals as the character base, to get across a moral. They were written to be relevant and meaningful to children who could relate to the various stereotypes the animals symbolized. Towards the end of the 17th century, the French fables of French poet Jean de la Fontaine were partly inspired by the Aesop's Fables, although he acknowledges that the greatest part of them is inspired by the original Sanskrit version. Around 1800, the fables were adapted and translated into Russian by the Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. The first translation of Aesop's Fables into Chinese was made in 1625. It included thirty-one fables conveyed orally by a Belgian Jesuit missionary to China named Nicolas Trigault and written down by a Chinese academic named Zhang Geng. There have been various modern-day translations by Zhou Zuoren anny stories included in Aesop's FablThe Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known throughout the world.For details refer the following books:Daly, Lloyd W. Aesop without Morals. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961.Handford, S.A. Aesop?s Fables. England: Puffin, 1954.Parker, Willis L. The Fables of Aesop. New York: Illustrated editions, 1931.Stade, George, ed. Aesop?s Fables. New York: Barnes and Nobles Classics, 2003.Temple, Olivia and Robert. Aesop: The Complete Fables. New York: Penguin Classics, 1998.For Online reading, refer the following websites:http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopic a/,http://tomsdomain.com/aesop/aesopmain.ht m,http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/bo oks/socl/customsetiquettefolklore/AesopsFab les/Chap0.htmlhttp://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Aesop/Aesops_Fables/ForAudio CD?s refer this website:http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/ Literature/Ancient-and-Medieval-Classics/Aesops-Fables/5700ForMP3 refer this website:http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/ Literature/Ancient-and-Medieval-Classics/Aesops-Fables/463ForDVD?s refer this website:http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7022477

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