Aesop‘s Fables: Illuminations From Aesop‘s Fables A Treasury Of Lost Tales
Written by Aesop
Narrated by Eden Giuliano and The Icon Players
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About this audiobook
Remember the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper? the Fox and the Sour Grapes? The Boy who Cried Wolf? These wonderful tales and hundreds more have been passed down to us over the centuries. The man credited with writing them, Aesop, was an Ancient Greek slave born about 620 B.C. Aesop is known as a fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables shining glaringly true light on our human foibles now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics. Scattered details of Aesop's life can be found in ancient sources, including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life, including the traditional description of him as a strikingly ugly slave who by his cleverness acquires freedom and becomes an adviser to kings and city-states. A later tradition depicts Aesop as a black Ethiopian. But whatever his history, the fables depict truths about human behavior, our strengths and weakness that have remained true for 2500 years.
We know you will enjoy this very special series from Icon Audio Arts hosted by young Eden Giuliano!
Series Host Eden Giuliano
Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York
Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan and Geoffrey Giuliano in Delhi
Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok
Special thanks to Brandon Stickney and Sanjay Khemani
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Music by AudioNautix
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Aesop
While the true lifetime of Aesop has not been confirmed, various historical and archeological artifacts point to him having lived during the periods of 620-560 BCE. Aesop was a Greek slave who was treated brutally for the dark appearance of his skin. Aesop’s stories, which have long survived his life, were not originally his. The fables came from a multitude of sources, all passed down orally and safeguarded by Aesop himself. Many of Aesop’s anthropomorphic tales have become celebrated children’s bedtime stories, rightly securing themselves in the modern storytelling canon.
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