Brief introduction, name, origin, representative work, country and experience of the author of Aesop's Fables

Brief introduction of Aesop's fable writer: Aesop, a Phrygian, was a Greek fable writer in the 6th century BC. An ugly and clever fable master.

Experience: According to Herodotus, he was a slave of the Yardmond family in Samos Island. He was pushed off a cliff and died because he offended the church at that time. After Delphi died, there was a plague, and the people of Delphi paid for his life. The money was taken by the grandson of the same name of the old duck Demen. Legend has it that after Yademont released him, he often went to the court of King Lydia's cloister.

Masterpieces: Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Snake, The Fox and the Grape, The Wolf and the Lamb, The Race between the Tortoise and the Rabbit, The Shepherd and the Wolf, The Farmer and His Children, The Mosquito and the Lion.

There are more than 30 fables in Aesop's Fables, most of which are related to animals. The stories told in the book are short and pithy, and the images portrayed are vivid and vivid. Every story contains philosophy, or exposes and criticizes social contradictions, or expresses understanding of life, or summarizes daily life experience.

This collection of fables shows the social relations at that time by describing the relations between animals, mainly the unequal relations between the oppressor and the oppressed. Fable writers condemned the oppression of people by society at that time and called on the bullied people to unite to fight against the wicked.

Extended data:

Aesop's fables are mostly animal stories, some of which, such as wolves and lambs, lions and wild donkeys, etc. Use fierce animals such as wolves and lions to compare powerful people in the world, expose their arrogance, cruelty and cruelty, and reflect the thoughts and feelings of civilians or slaves. Tortoise and rabbit, shepherd and wild goat, and so on. Summarize people's life experience and teach people the truth of being a man.

Aesop's Fables is said to have been written by Aesop, an ancient Greek fable writer. Judging from the actual situation of the book, there should not be only one author of this work, but the collective creation of the ancient Greeks in a long historical period.

With the passage of time, the contents of the book have become more abundant, and stories from India, Artoo and Christianity have all been added to this work, forming more than 350 books now. So strictly speaking, this work should be a compilation of ancient fables.

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