According to “The Life of Aesop,” a text compiled in ancient Greece from a variety of legends, the man whose name is synonymous with the fable was born a slave in Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey) in the ...

A farmer was driving his wagon along a miry country road after a heavy rain. The horses could hardly drag the load through the deep mud, and at last came to a standstill when one of the wheels sank to ...

A Peacock, puffed up with vanity, met a Crane one day, and to impress him spread his gorgeous tail in the Sun. “Look,” he said. “What have you to compare with this? I am dressed in all the glory of ...

Aesop is reimagining all 12 of its perfumes. Fragrant Fables by Aesop, gives the perfumes a new body, in both literary and literal form.

The Boy who cried Wolf. This video of the story is read by Richard Briers and combines text, audio and illustrations. BBC ...