Fables

Title: Aesop Composing His Fables (1833) - Artist: Charles Landseer

Aesop is a Greek storyteller and critic who lived around the 6th century BC. He is credited with authoring hundreds of fables, in which the characters are talking animals that exhibit human qualities. Aesop's fables have become an integral part of Western literature and have been orally transmitted and read for centuries.

Aesop's fables are diverse and cover various themes such as morality, duty, responsibility, proper behavior, and the value of truth and honesty. Some of Aesop's famous fables include "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," and "The Lion and the Mouse."

Many authors have since rewritten or offered different versions of Aesop's fables, and his stories have become a source of inspiration for many other works of literature and art.