Aesop.
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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...
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"This book combines the 1692 translation of the Fables by English journalist Sir Roger L'Estrange with 50 drawings created especially as illustration for the tales by American sculptor, painter, and illustrator Alexander Calder. ... Two hundred and one of the traditional fables are narrated here"--Page 4 of cover.
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The ambitious and hard-hitting documentary "Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity" looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America's white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry and cultural appropriation? Does it reflect a new face of racial understanding in white America or does it reinforce an...
14) Mouse & lion
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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.
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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,...