Length2h 46m
About this audiobook
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.
The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere. The process of inclusion has continued until the present, with some of the fables unrecorded before the later Middle Ages and others arriving from outside Europe. The process is continuous and new stories are still being added to the Aesop corpus, even when they are demonstrably more recent work and sometimes from known authors.
On the arrival of printing, collections of Aesop's fables were among the earliest books in a variety of languages. Through the means of later collections, and translations or adaptations of them, Aesop's reputation as a fabulist was transmitted throughout the world.
This collection consists of 214 Aesop's fables.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature, Literary Classics
Length2 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byMichael Goodrick
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 6, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Aesop's Fables - Intro
109The Wolf And The Shepherd
2The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs
110The Farmer And The Stork
3The Cat And The Mice
111The Charger And The Miller
4The Mischevious Dog
112The Grasshopper And The Owl
5The Charcoal-Burner And The Fuller
113The Grasshopper And The Ants
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6The Mice In Council
114The Two Frogs
7The Bat And The Weasels
115The Cobbler Turned Doctor
8The Dog And The Sow
116The Ass, The Cock, And The Lion
9The Horse And The Groom
117The Belly And The Members
10The Wolf And The Lamb
118The Ass And The Wolf
11The Peacock And The Crane
119The Travellers And The Plane-Tree
12The Cat And The Birds
120The Birds_ The Beasts_ And The Bat
13The Old Woman And The Doctor
121The Man And His Two Sweethearts
14Mercury And The Woodman
122The Eagle, The Jackdaw, And The Shepherd
15The Ass, The Fox, And The Lion
123The Wolf And The Boy
16The Lion And The Mouse
124The Lamb Chased By A Wolf
17The North Wind And The Sun
125The Butcher And His Customers
18The Milkmaid And Her Pail
126The Archer And The Lion
19The Dolphins, The Whales, And The Sprat
127The Wolf And The Goat
20The Fox And The Monkey
128Brother And Sister
21The Ass And The Lap-Dog
129The Heifer And The Ox
22The Frog's Complaint Against The Sun
130The Kingdom Of The Lion
23The Dog, The Cock, And The Fox
131The Lion And The Hare
24The Gnat And The Bull
132The Wolves, The Sheep, And The Ram
25The Bear And The Travellers
133The Bull And The Calf
26The Slave And The Lion
134The Trees And The Axe
27The Flea And The Man
135The Labourer And The Snake
28The Blind Man And The Cub
136The Cage-Bird And The Bat
29The Boy And The Snails
137The Ass ANd His Purchaser
30The Apes And The Two Travellers
138The Debtor And His Sow
31The Ass And His Burdens
139The Bald Huntsman
32The Shepherd's Boy And The Wolf
140The Herdsman And The Lost Bull
33The Fox And The Goat
141The Father And His Daughters
34The Fisherman And The Sprat
142The Thief And The Innkeeper
35The Boasting Traveller
143The Pack-Ass And The Wild Ass
36The Crab And His Mother
144The Ass And His Masters
37The Ass And His Shadow
145The Pack-Ass, The Wild Ass, And The Lion
38The Farmer And His Sons
146The Ant
39The Dog And The Cook
147The Frogs And The Well
40The Monkey As King
148The Crab And The Fox
41The Farmer And The Fortune
149The Fox And The Grasshopper
42Jupiter And The Monkey
150The Farmer, His Boy, And The Rooks
43Father And Sons
151The Ass And The Dog
44The Lamp
152The Ass Carrying The Image
45The She-Goats And Their Beards
153The Athenian And The Theban
46The Old Lion
154The Goatherd And The Goat
47The Boy Bathing
155The Sheep And The Dog
48The Swollen Fox
156The Shepherd And The Wolf
49The Mouse, The Frog, And The Hawk
157The Pig And The Sheep
50The Boy And The Nettles
158The Gardener And His Dog
51The Peasant And The Apple-Tree
159The Rivers And The Sea
52The Jackdaw And The Pigeons
160The Lion In Love
53Jupiter And The Tortoise
161The Bee-Keeper
54The Two Bags
162The Wolf And The Horse
55The Oxen And The Axletrees
163The Bat, The Bramble, And The Seagull
56The Boy And The Filberts
164The Dog And The Wolf
57The Lion And The Boar
165The Wasp And The Snake
58The Walnut-Tree
166The Eagle And The Beetle
59The Man And The Lion
167The Fowler And The lark
60The Tortoise And The Eagle
168The Weasel And The ManThe Ploughman And The Wolf
61The Kid On The Housetop
169The Ploughman And The Wolf
62The Vain Jackdaw
170Demades And His Fable
63The Traveller And His Dog
171The Dogs And The Fox
64The Shipwrecked Mand And The Sea
172The Nightingale And The Hawk
65Mercury And The Sculptor
173The Rose And The Amaranth
66The Fawn And His Mother
174The Man, The Horse, The Ox, And The Dog
67The Blacksmith And His Dog
175The Wolves And The Dogs
68The Stag At The Pool
176The Swan
69The Dog And The Shadow
177The Snake And Jupiter
70The Peacock And Juno
178Mercury And The Man Bitten By An Ant
71The Bear And The Fox
179The Wily Lion
72The Ass And The Old Peasant
180The Parrot And The Cat
73The Man And The Image
181The Stag And The Lion
74Hercules And The Waggoner
182The Imposter
75The Pomegranate, The Apple-Tree, And The Bramble
183The Dogs And The Hides
76The Lion, The Bear, And The Fox
184The Fowler, The Partridge, And The Cock
77The Blackamoor
185The Eagle And The Fox
78The Lion And The Wild Ass
186The Plouman, The Ass, And The Ox
79The Eagle And The Arrow
187Hercules And Minerva
80The Rich Man And The Tanner
188The Fox Who Served A Lion
81The Wolf, The Mother, And Her Child
189The Quack Doctor
82The Old Woman And The Wine-Jar
190The Lion, The Wolf, And The Fox
83The Viper And The File
191Hercules And Plutus
84The Cat And The Cock
192The Fox And The Hedgehog
85The Soldier And His Horse
193The Crow And The Raven
86The Oxen And The Butchers
194The Witch
87The Wolf And The Lion
195The Old Man And Death
88The Two Pots
196The Foxes And The River
89The Old Hound
197The Horse And The Stag
90The Clown And The Countryman
198The Fox And The Bramble
91The Lark And The Farmer
199The Fox And The Snake
92The Lion And The Ass
200The Lion, The Fox, And The Stag
93The Prophet
201The Man Who Lost His Spade
94The Lion, The Mouse, And The Fox
202The Partridge And The Fowler
95The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
203The Runaway Slave
96The Eagle, The Cat, And The Wild Sow
204The Serpent And The Eagle
97The Wolf And The Sheep
205The Rogue And The Oracle
98The Tunny-Fish And The Dolphin
206The Dog Chasing A Wolf
99The Three Tradesmen
207Grief And His Due
100The Mouse And The Bull
208The Hawk, The Kite, And The Pigeons
101The Hare And The Hound
209The Woman And The Farmer
102The Lion And The Bull
210Prometheus And The Making Of Man
103The Wolf, The Fox, And The Ape
211The Swallow And The Crow
104The Eagle And The Cocks
212The Hunter And The Horseman
105The Escaped Jackdaw
213The Goatherd And The Wild Goats
106The Farmer And The Fox
214The Nightingale And The Swallow
107Venus And The Cat
215The Traveller And Fortune
108The Fly And The Draught-Mule
216Aesop's Fables - Outro
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