The Complete Fables

A slave who represented his masters in court and negotiations, Aesop relied on allegorical animal stories, collected here in The Complete Fables, to convey his key points. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by Olivia and Robert Temple with an introduction by Robert Temple.

In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters ...

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A slave who represented his masters in court and negotiations, Aesop relied on allegorical animal stories, collected here in The Complete Fables, to convey his key points. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by Olivia and Robert Temple with an introduction by Robert Temple.

In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him. Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrongdoing, as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks. All Aesop's fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.

Little is known for certain about the life of Aesop (c.620-564 BC), though details of his life are scattered throughout the works of ancient Greek writers including Aristophanes, Xenophon, Aristotle and Herodotus, who give grounds for thinking that he was a slave, and Plutarch, who identifies him as an entertaining storyteller, executed by the Delphians by being thrown off a cliff.

If you enjoyed The Complete Fables, you might like Ovid's Metamorphoses, also available in Penguin Classics.

'Ground-breaking ... this version of the fables is a revelation ... the translation is excellent'

Peter Jones, Sunday Telegraph

'Aesop remains a fundamental figure in Western literature'

Frederic Raphael, Sunday Times

Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria. Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storytel...

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Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria. Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storyteller. He was so famous that almost any fable which could have been told by him became attributed to him.

19 Aesop in a Dockyard
97 Diogenes and the Bald Man
98 Diogenes on a Journey
129 Herakles and Athena
130 Herakles and Pluto
110 Hermes and Teiresias
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19 Aesop in a Dockyard
97 Diogenes and the Bald Man
98 Diogenes on a Journey
129 Herakles and Athena
130 Herakles and Pluto
110 Hermes and Teiresias
111 Hermes and the Artisans
109 Hermes and the Earth
108 Hermes and the Sculptor
319 Polemos and Hybris
322 Prometheus and Men
116 The Adder and the File
115 The Adder and the Fox
117 The Adder and the Water-snake (or Hydra)
196 the Ageing Lion and the Fox
198 The Amorous Lion and the Ploughman
240 The Ant
242 The Ant and the Pigeon
241 The Any and the Scarab Beetle
338 The Archer and the Lion
277 The Ass and the Ass-driver
278 The Ass and the Cicadas
276 The Ass and the Dog Travelling Together
271 The Ass and the Frogs
273 The Ass and the gardener
275 The ass and the lap-dog or The Dog and Its Master
272 The Ass and the Mule Carrying the Same Heavy Loads
263 The Ass bought in the Market
266 The Ass Carrying a Statue of a God
265 The Ass Carrying Salt
267 The Ass Clothed in the Skin of a Lion, and the Fox
280 The Ass Eating the Jerusalem Thorn, and the fox
281 The Ass Pretending to be Lame, and the Wolf
268 The Ass Pronouncing the Horse Happy
279 The Ass who was Taken for a Lion
269 The Ass, the Cock and the Lion
270 The Ass, the Fox and the Lion
274 The Ass, the Raven and the Wolf
262 The Asses Appealing to Zeus
65 The Astronomer
10 The Athenian Debtor
343 The Bald Horseman
214 The Bandit and the Mulberry Tree
251 The Bat and the House-ferrets
250 The Bat, the Bramble and the Gull
63 The bear and the Fox
153 The Beaver
235 The Beekeeper
234 The Bees and Zeus
236 The Begging Priests of Cybele
339 The Billy-Goat and the Vine
137 The Bird-catcher and the Asp
283 The Bird-catcher and the Crested Lark
285 The Bird-catcher and the Partridge
284 The Bird-catcher and the Stork
282 The Bird-catcher and the Wild and Domesticated Pigeons
345 The Blacksmith and His Puppy
54 The Blind Man
350 The Boastful Swallow and the Crow
51 The Braggart
332 The Bull and the Wild Goats
146 The Camel and Zeus
148 The Camel seen for the first time
144 The Camel who Shat in the River
145 The Camel, the Elephant and the Ape
245 The Castaway and the Sea
12 The Cat and the Cock
14 The Cat and the Hens
13 The Cat and the Mice
56 The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller
112 The Chariot of Hermes and the Arabs
55 The Cheat
294 The Child and the Raven
297 The Child Bather
293 The Child Catching Locusts, and the Scorpion
296 The child Thief and His Mother
292 The Child who ate the Sacrificial Viscera
171 The Chough and the Dog
170 The Chough and the Raven
336 The Cicada and the Ants
335 The Cicada and the Fox
17 The Coatherd and the Wild Goats
21 The Cocks and the Partridge
47 The Coward and the Ravens
93 The Cowardly Hunter and the Woodcutter
74 The Cowherd and the Lion
151 The Crab and her Mother
150 The Crab and the Fox
169 The Crested Lark
147 The Dancing Camel
131 The Demi-god [Heros}
233 The Diviner
134 The Doctor and the Sick Man
183 The Dog and the Butcher
182 The Dog and the Hare
181 The Dog and the Shellfish
178 The Dog Entertained as a Gust (or the Man and his dog)
185 The Dog who carried the Meat
187 The Dog who chased a Lion, and the Fox
186 The Dog with a Bell
180 The Dog, the Cock and the Fox
216 The Dogs Reconciled with the Wolves
95 The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon
3 The Eagle and the Fox
4 The Eagle and the Scarab Beetle
7 The Eagle Hit by an Arrow
6 The Eagle with Clipped Wings and the Fox
5 The Eagle, The Jackdaw and the Shepherd
11 The Ethiopian
113 The Eunuch and the Sacrificer
83 The Farmer and His Children
299 The Father and His Daughters
247 The Fawn and the Stag
243 The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse
25 The fisherman and the large and small fish
26 The Fisherman and the Picarel
22 The Fisherman and the Tunny-fish
27 The Fisherman who beat the water
23 The Fisherman who caught a stone
24 The Fisherman who played the flute
356 The Flea and the Boxer
357 The Flea and the Man
358 The Flea and the Ox
239 The Flies
238 The Fly
40 The Fox and the Billy-goat
31 The fox and the Bramble
32 The Fox and the Bunch of Grapes
35 The Fox and the Crocodile
41 The Fox and the Cropped Tail
36 The Fox and the Dog
33 The Fox and the huge serpent [Drakon]
37 The Fox and the Leopard
39 The Fox and the Monkey Dispute their nobility
38 The Fox and the Monkey Elected King
43 The Fox and the Monster Mask
34 The Fox and the Woodcutter
42 The fox who had never seen a lion
30 The fox with the swollen stomach
29 The Foxes on the Bank of the Maeander River
69 The Frog Doctor and the Fox
68 The Frogs in the Pond
66 The Frogs who demanded a King
155 The Gardener and the Dog
154 The Gardener Watering the Vegetables
189 The Gnat and the Bull
188 The Gnat and the Lion
16 The Goat and the Donkey
15 The Goat and the Goatherd
1 The Good things and the Bad Things
28 The Halcyon
192 The Hare and the Fox
190 The Hares and the Foxes
191 The Hares and the Frogs
92 The Heifer and the Ox
286 The Hen and the Swallow
287 The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs
105 The Hind Afflicted by Deformity
104 The Hind and the Lion in a Cave
103 The Hind and the Vine
141 The Horse and the Ass
140 The Horse and the Groom
142 The Horse and the Soldier
139 The Horse, the Ox, the Dog, and the Man
76 The House-ferret and Aphrodite
77 The House-ferret and the File
349 The House-martin and the Birds
179 The Hunting Hound and the Dogs
49 The Husband and the Troublesome Wife
341 The Hyena and the Fox
340 The Hyenas
231 The Injured Wold and the Ewe
162 The Jackdaw and the Birds
160 The Jackdaw and the Fox
163 The Jackdaw and the Pigeons
164 The Jackdaw who escaped
161 The Jackdraw and the Ravens
318 The Joking Shepherd
107 The Kid and the Wolf who played the flute
106 The Kid on the Roof of the House, and the Wolf
135 The Kite and the Snake
136 The Kite who Neighed
156 The Kithara-player
232 The Lamp
75 The Linnet and the Bat
208 The Lion and the Ass Hunting Together
211 The Lion and the Bull
202 The Lion and the Dolphin
201 The Lion and the Frog
204 The Lion and the Hare
206 The Lion and the Mouse who returned a Kindness
207 The Lion and the Wild Ass
203 The Lion and the Wild Boar
213 The Lion who was afraid of a Mouse, and the Fox
210 The Lion, Prometheus and the Elephant
209 The Lion, the Ass and the Fox
200 The Lion, the Bear and the Fox
199 The Lion, the Fox, and the Stag
205 The Lion, the Wolf and the Fox
194 The Lioness and the Vixen
252 The Logs and the Olive
58 The Man and the Fox
59 The Man and the Lion Travelling Together
60 The Man and the Satyr
177 The Man bitten by a Dog
48 The Man bitten by an Ant and Hermes
2 The Man selling a holy statue
62 The Man who found a golden lion
46 The Man who promised the impossible
61 The Man who shattered a statue of a God
57 The Men and Zeus
237 The Mice and the House-ferrets
52 The Middle-aged man and his mistresses
50 The Mischievous Man
344 The Miser
326 The Mole and his Mother
306 The Monkey and the Camel
305 The Monkey and the Dolphin
304 The Monkey and the Fishermen
307 The Monkey's Children
244 The Mouse and the Frog
128 The Mule
45 The Murderer
67 The Neighbour Frogs
8 The Nightingale and the Hawk
9 The Nightingale and the Swallow
73 The North Wind and the Sun
99 The Oat Trees and Zeus
138 The Old Horse
78 The Old Man and Death
87 The Old Woman and the Doctor
96 The Orator Demades
72 The Ox-driver and Herakles
70 The Oxen and the Axle
355 The Parrot and the House-ferret
300 The Partridge and the Man
333 The Peacock and the Crane
334 The Peacock and the Jackdraw
302 The Pigeon and the Crow
84 The Ploughman and Chance
80 The Ploughman and the Dog
79 The Ploughman and the Eagle
82 The Ploughman and the Frozen Snake
81 The Ploughman and the Snake Who Had killed his son
85 The Ploughman and the Tree
64 The ploughman and the Wolf
86 The Ploughman's Quarrelsome Sons
324 The Pomegranate Tree, the Apple Tree, the olive Tree and the Bramble Bush
354 The Pots
133 The Quick Doctor
212 The Raging Lion and the Stag
166 The Raven and Hermes
165 The Raven and the Fox
167 The Raven and the Snake
298 The Receiver of a Deposit of Money and the God Horkos
143 The Reed and the Olive
310 The Rich man and the Mourners
309 The Rich Man and the Tanner
320 The River and the Hide
323 The Rose and the Amaranth
195 The Royalty of the Lion
230 The Satisfied Wolf and the Ewe
308 The Sea Voyagers
193 The Seagull and the Kite
321 The Sheared Sheep
312 The Shepherd and the Dog who Fawned upon Sheep
311 The Shepherd and the Sea
316 The Shepherd and the Sheep
315 The shepherd and the Wolf Cub
313 The shepherd and the Wolf Cubs
314 The shepherd and the Wolf Raised with Dogs
317 The Shepherd who let a wolf into the fold, and the Dog
53 The shipwrecked man
197 The Shut-in Lion and the Ploughman
249 The Sick Man and the Doctor
168 The Sick Raven
101 The Silver Fir Tree and the Bramble
184 The Sleeping Dog and the Wolf
172 The Snails
290 The Snake and the Crab
289 The Snake, the House-ferret and the Mice
295 The Son and the Painted Lion
91 The sorceress
342 The Sow and the Bitch, on the Ease of Bearing Offspring
329 The Sow and the Dog Insulting One Another
102 The Stag at the Spring and the Lion
176 The Starving Dogs
159 The stomach and the feet
127 The Sun and the Frogs
348 The Swallow and the Crow Obstinately Contending over Their Beauty
347 The Swallow and the Serpent
174 The Swan and His Owner
173 The Swan Mistaken for a Goose
288 The Tail and the Rest of the Body of the Snake
158 The Thieves and the Cock
301 The Thirsty Pigeon
71 The Three Oxen and the Lion
157 The Thrush
351 The Tortoise and the Eagle
352 The Tortoise and the Hare
261 The Traveller and Chance
260 The Traveller and Hermes
259 The Traveller and Truth
256 The Travellers and the Axe
254 The travellers and the Bear
258 The Travellers and the Brushwood
257 The Travellers and the Plane Tree
255 The Travellers and the Raven
291 The Trodden-on Snake and Zeus
325 The Trumpeter
132 The tunny-fish and the dolphin
303 The Two Carrying-pouches
20 The two cocks and the Eagle
175 The Two Dogs
114 The Two Enemies
44 The Two men who Quarrelled about the Gods
149 The Two Scarab Beetles
18 The Ugly Slave Girl and the Aphrodite
337 The Wall of the House and the Stake
152 The Walnut Tree
331 The Wasp and the Snake
330 The Wasps, the Partridges and the Ploughman
88 The Wife and Her Drunken Husband
264 The Wild Ass and the Domestic Ass
327 The Wild Boar and the Fox
328 The Wild Boar, the Horse and the Huntsman
353 The Wild Geese and the Cranes
221 The Wold and the Lamb
228 The Wolf and the Ass
226 The Wolf and the Dog
220 The Wolf and the Goat
224 The Wolf and the Heron
225 The Wolf and the Horse
227 The Wolf and the Lion
223 The Wolf and the Old Woman
229 The Wolf and the Shepherd
222 The Wolf and the Young Lamb Taking Refuge in a Temple
219 The Wolf Proud of His Shadow, and the Lion
215 The Wolves and the Dogs at War
217 The Wolves and the Sheep
218 The Wolves, the Sheep and the Ram
89 The Woman and her servants
90 The woman and the Hen
253 The Woodcutter and Hermes
100 The Woodcutters and the Pine Tree
246 The Young Men and the Butcher
94 The Young Pig and the Sheep
248 The Young Wastrel and the Swallow
346 Winter and Spring
121 Zeus and Apollo
118 Zeus and Shame
119 Zeus and the Fox
123 Zeus and the Jar of Good Things
120 Zeus and the Men
122 Zeus and the Snake
125 Zeus and the Tortoise
126 Zeus the Judge
124 Zeus, Prometheus, Athena, and Momos
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