Aesop's Fables
A New Translation
Published on 14. November 2024
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-5416-0484-1 (ISBN)
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From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop's Fables
Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop's tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours-one with clear good and plain evil-but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity.
Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop's most enduring fables.
Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop's tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours-one with clear good and plain evil-but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity.
Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop's most enduring fables.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5416-0484-1 (9781541604841)
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Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and history. Among others, his translations include Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Plato's Republic, and Herodotus's The Histories. He lives in Greece.