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Aesop
Author(s) : Paleothodoros Dimitris (6/2/2006)Translation : Dovletis Onoufrios
For citation: Paleothodoros Dimitris, "Aesop",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia MinorURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=7026>
ENTRY TYPE
Persons
SUMMARY
Almost a mythical person, a former slave, writer of a fables collection, which have influenced children’s education since the antiquity until contemporary times due to their inspirational content.
Main Role
Fabulist
Date and Place of Death
564 BC, Delphi
Date and Place of Birth
Before 620 BC.
1. The man and the myth
2. Aesop’s Life
3. Depictions of Aesop in art
4. Aesop’s work
5. Assessment of Aesop’s work
6. Fables of Aesop and the Life of Aesop in Byzantine and contemporary times
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