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"Throughout history fables have been a popular method of giving instruction. Fables contain a short narrative that seeks to illustrate a hidden message. Generally, fables use animals or objects as part of the narrative yet the message is designed to apply to humans. By doing this, the fabulist is not perceived as the teacher and this reduces any bias the listeners might have against the person. The most famous fabulist would be Aesop who most date around 620 B.C. Many fables are attributed to Aesop, but it’s unclear how many he actually wrote; indeed, his historical existence as a person is under question. I’ve collected many of them here for your enjoyment. A number of translations were found and the fables collected. Several different translations and interpretations of the same fable may be found on many of the pages here; including, now and again, a simplified version I wrote."

"The collection here is being added to as new sources are uncovered. But, if you are in a hurry and want to see what is likely one of the better print books containing modern translations of some 600 original Greek and Latin versions, then see the book *Aesop’s Fables by Laura Gibbs, translator*. Latin versions collected by Laura Gibbs are also included with some fables here. They come from the public domain section of her book Mille Fabulae et Una: 1001 Aesop’s Fables in Latin. (Some fables may have multiple Latin versions due to various indexing systems and translations.)"

"In addition to the text versions of the fables, materials from several visual versions have been incorporated into the presentation here. As one example, some of the more classic fables were, in 1887, put into verse and printed along with dramatic illustrations. Those versions are presented as “Crane Poetry Visual” summaries with the image shown at the right. Both the visual and poetic text are included on the fable pages. The specific book these came from is: The Baby’s Own Aesop by Walter Crane and engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans; it was published by George Routledge & Sons in London and New York, 1887. You can see a copy of the book at the Library of Congress."

"A series of 100 longer adapted fables have also been added from an 1828 book by James Northcote, R.A. called One Hundred Fables, original and selected. Wood engravings embellish these fables. The fables are expanded with much more text than a simple translation and several have annotations at the end that describe how the fable applies to modern (1828) times. Some of these notations are longer than the fable. Search for this book on Google Books."

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