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Ancient Greece

Classic fables and stories from Ancient Greece, including Aesop’s Fables.

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The Three Deaf Men 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

The Snake Prince 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

The Three Calamities 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

The Ruby Prince 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>

The Thanksgiving Of The Wazir 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

The Talkative Tortoise 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.

The Story Of The King Who Would See Paradise 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.

The Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate 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

The Sparrow And The Crow 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.

The Son Of Seven Mothers 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

The Poisoned Food 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

The Pigeon And The Crow 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