Ancient Greece
Classic fables and stories from Ancient Greece, including Aesop’s Fables.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Three Deaf Men
The Three Deaf Men: When any awkward blunder occurs from a person acting under a mistaken notion, there is a common proverb in Tamil to the effect that the
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Snake Prince
The Snake Prince: Once upon a time there lived by herself, in a city, an old woman who was desperately poor. One day she found that she had only a handful of
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Three Calamities
The Three Calamities: From that time these four young men became the confidential advisers of king Alakesa in all important affairs of state, and, as night is
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Ruby Prince
<p>Read ‘The Ruby Prince’ — a classic Aesop’s Fables story about honesty. In this classic Aesop’s fable, a ant, a king, and a prince take center stage in a…</p>
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Thanksgiving Of The Wazir
The Thanksgiving Of The Wazir: Once upon a time there lived in Hindustan two kings whose countries bordered upon each other; but, as they were rivals in wealth
Aesop's Fables
Ages 9-12
The Talkative Tortoise
The dual-rooted Indian fable of Kambugrīva — "Conch-Necked," the tortoise of Phullotpala pond — and his two wild-goose friends Saṅkaṭa and Vikaṭa, who try to lift him out of a drought by carrying him on a stick. The story comes to us through two ancient traditions at once: the Buddhist Pali Canon as Kacchapa Jātaka No. 215, and the Hindu Panchatantra as Book I, Mitrabheda. It is not, as is often claimed, a tale of Aesop. T.W. Rhys Davids' 1880 translation is preserved in full alongside the Sanskrit retelling, with Sanskrit names restored, the dual-tradition origin explained, and the story's two-thousand-year journey through Pahlavi, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Latin, and finally La Fontaine's French traced.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Story Of The King Who Would See Paradise
The Story Of The King Who Would See Paradise: Once upon a time there was king who, one day out hunting, came upon a fakeer in a lonely place in the mountains.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate
The Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate: Once upon a time, far away in the east country, there lived a king who loved hunting so much that, when
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Sparrow And The Crow
A delightful Indian folk tale about a tidy sparrow, a dirty crow, and a meal of khichri. Learn why small habits and truthful friendship matter.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Son Of Seven Mothers
The Son Of Seven Mothers: Once upon a time there lived a King who had seven wives, but no children. This was a great grief to him, especially when he Greed and
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Poisoned Food
The Poisoned Food: When Manuniti had concluded his story of the wonderful mango-fruit, king Alakesa ordered his four ministers to approach the throne, and
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Pigeon And The Crow
The Pigeon And The Crow: Once upon a time the Bodhisatta was a Pigeon, and lived in a nestbasket which a rich man’s cook had hung up in the kitchen, in order