Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare, set in America's desert Southwest.

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

The noted illustrator presents thirteen of Aesop's most familiar fables.

Babrius is the reputed author of a collection (discovered in the 19th century) of more than 125 fables based on those called Aesop's, in Greek verse. He may have been a hellenised Roman living in Asia Minor during the late 1st century of our era. The fables are all in one metre and in very good style, humorous and pointed. Some are original. Phaedrus, born in Macedonia, flourished in the early half of the 1st century of our era. Apparently a slave...

Presents an adaptation of Aesop's classic tale about an unlikely friendship between a mouse and a lion in which an act of mercy proves to be a lifesaving gesture.

The Classical Greek Reader: New Encounters with Ancient Greece marks an exciting departure from the traditional anthology approach to Greek literature and thought. By focusing not only on the "big names" but also on the less-familiar voices - the women, doctors, storytellers, herbalists, and romance writers - we are offered a glimpse of ancient Greece as we have rarely seen it. The book provides the reader with first-hand access to literary, artistic,...