#Aesop's fables

[potachi]

The Fox and the Grapes

[weirdlookindog]

Ernest Griset - Mercury and the Woodman

illustration from 'Æsop's Fables', 1869.

[facts-i-just-made-up]

What does the fox say

"Νομίζω ότι αυτά τα σταφύλια ήταν πικρά ούτως ή άλλως."

[nemfrog]

Illustration for "The Fox and The Crow." Aesop's fables in rhyme. 1924.

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[multcolib]

The Swan and the Stork, from our copy of Aesopic's: or a Second Collection of Fables, Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd With Sculpture, and Illustrated With Annotations. Published in 1668 by Thomas Roycroft.

[thefugitivesaint]

Albert Staehle (1899-1974), 'Compton Advertising Inc.', ''Fortune'', Vol. 22, #1, July 1940 Source

[sagepuca]

Ok so I talk to my friends a lot about my webcomic cause it’s silly, but surprisingly when I tell them about the premise a lot of them tell me they���ve never heard of Aesop’s fables or only a couple famous ones

And it has occurred to me that maybe not everyone fixated on Aesop’s fables as much as I did when I was little

So for educational purposes:

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) "The Fisherman and the Little Fish from Fontaine’s Fables" (1739) Oil on canvas Rococo

The story of the fisherman and the little fish was first recounted by Aesop, though La Fontaine’s later retelling would have served as Oudry’s primary source. The fable tells of a small fish is caught by a fisherman. The fish begs for its life on account of its diminutive size, suggesting that the fisherman should wait until it is larger, when the fish will make for a more filling meal. The fisherman refuses, noting that every little bit helps, and that it is stupid to give up a present advantage for an uncertain future gain—as the expression goes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Yet there is no such proverb in French, and so La Fontaine concludes with the reflection that one possession is better than two promises: “un ‘tiens’ vaut mieux que deux ‘tu l’auras.’”

[intothestacks]

I made more posters to decorate the library next year!

If anyone would like to download a copy for themselves just let me know and I can send you the links. :)

If you have any recommendations of future quotes for me to do please share with the class.

[acmeoop]

Don The Dog Minus Waffles The Cat (1932)

[mars-cant-draw]

euclid & scalene

i tried to draw a tiny mustache but you can barely see it :(

drawing this reminded me that i barely have any markers XD

[weirdlookindog]

Ernest Griset - The Owl and the Cricket

illustration from 'Æsop's Fables', 1869.

[doubtspirit]

The North Wind and the Sun - The wind attempts to strip the traveler of his cloak. From The Æsop for Children, by Æsop, illustrated by Milo Winter

The North Wind and the Sun had a quarrel about which of them was the stronger. While they were disputing with much heat and bluster, a Traveler passed along the road wrapped in a cloak.

"Let us agree," said the Sun, "that he is the stronger who can strip that Traveler of his cloak."

"Very well," growled the North Wind, and at once sent a cold, howling blast against the Traveler.

With the first gust of wind the ends of the cloak whipped about the Traveler's body. But he immediately wrapped it closely around him, and the harder the Wind blew, the tighter he held it to him. The North Wind tore angrily at the cloak, but all his efforts were in vain.

Then the Sun began to shine. At first his beams were gentle, and in the pleasant warmth after the bitter cold of the North Wind, the Traveler unfastened his cloak and let it hang loosely from his shoulders. The Sun's rays grew warmer and warmer. The man took off his cap and mopped his brow. At last he became so heated that he pulled off his cloak, and, to escape the blazing sunshine, threw himself down in the welcome shade of a tree by the roadside.

"Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail."

[nemfrog]

Illustration for "The Reed and The Oak." Aesop's fables in rhyme. 1924.

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The Woodcutter and the Trees

[thefugitivesaint]

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), 'The Council of Mice', ''Aesop's Fables'', 1997 Source