Aesop’s Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media.
《伊索寓言》是源自古希腊的一系列寓言,相傳由伊索创作,再由后人集结成书。
《伊索寓言》的一系列故事,大都篇幅短小,却能阐述大道理,深具哲理,具有很高的文学价值,因此成为世界上流传广泛的经典作品 。
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