ISBN:
9781789542592
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.2452
Keywords:
Fables, English
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The greatest collection of fables ever written, updated for our turbulent times.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- PROLOGUE: The People and Their Pouches -- 1: CAPRICE, ARROGANCE AND THE EXERCISE OF ARBITRARY POWER -- 1. The Good and the Bad Things -- 2. The Hawk and the Nightingale -- 3. The Cock and the Cat -- 4. The Disappointed Fishermen -- 5. The Wood-Cutter and the Fox -- 6. The Frogs Who Demanded a King -- 7. Aphrodite and the Lovesick House-Ferret -- 8. The Little Gudgeon, the Dolphins and the Whales -- 9. The Lion in the Cave and the Hind -- 10. The Bramble and the Silver Fir Tree -- 11. The Earth and Hermes -- 12. Shame and Zeus -- 13. King Fox and Zeus -- 14. Apollo and Zeus -- 15. The Archive of Human Crimes -- 16. The Shellfish and the Dog -- 17. The Vixen and the Lioness -- 18. The Clever Lamb and the Wolf -- 19. Zeus and the Asses -- 20. The Man and the Flea -- 2: IRRECONCILABILITY, CONFLICT AND VENGEANCE -- 21. The Vixen and the Eagle -- 22. The Beetle and the Eagle -- 23. Aesop in the Boatyard -- 24. The Partridge and the Cocks -- 25. The Quarrel -- 26. The Killer -- 27. The Poor Man -- 28. The Vine and the Hind -- 29. The Water Snake, the Adder and the Frogs -- 30. The Dog and the Gardener -- 31. The Fox and the Old Lion -- 32. The Fox, the Ass and the Lion -- 33. The Frog and the Mouse -- 34. The Bear and the Travellers -- 35. Horkos, the God of Oaths and the Man -- 36. The Father and His Daughters -- 37. Hybris and Polemos -- 38. The Huntsman, the Horse and the Wild Boar -- 39. The Snake and the Wasp -- 40. The Ants and the Cicada -- 3: SELF-DECEPTION, STUPIDITY AND IDIOCY -- 41. The Desperate Vendor -- 42. The Copy-Cat -- 43. The Slave -- 44. The Goatherd and the Goat -- 45. The Bunch of Grapes and the Fox -- 46. The Monkey and the Fox Dispute Their Nobility -- 47. Hermes and the Man Bitten by an Ant -- 48. The Stargazer.
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