THREE HUNDRED
ÆSOP'S FABLES
LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
By the
Rev. George Fyler Townsend, M.A.
LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS
THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE
NEW YORK: 416 BROOME STREET
CONTENTS
PREFACE
LIFE OF AESOP
AESOP'S FABLES
The Lion And The Mouse
The Wolf And The Lamb
The Ass And The Grasshopper
The Traveler and His Dog
The Charcoal-Burner And The Fuller
The Boy Hunting Locusts
The Salt Merchant and His Ass
The Horse and His Rider
The Crab and Its Mother
The Thief and His Mother
The Æthiop
The Man Bitten by a Dog
The Milk-Woman and Her Pail
The Ass and His Shadow
The Ass and His Masters
The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass
The Monkeys and Their Mother
The Woman and Her Hen
The Ass and His Purchaser
The Bitch and Her Whelps
The She-Goats and Their Beards
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
PREFACE
The Tale, the Parable, and the Fable are all common and popular modes of conveying instruction. Each is distinguished by its own special characteristics. The Tale consists simply in the narration of a story either founded on facts, or created solely by the imagination, and not necessarily associated with the teaching of any moral lesson. The
Parable is the designed use of language purposely intended to convey a hidden and secret meaning other than that contained in the words themselves; and which may or may not bear a special reference to the hearer, or reader. The Fable partly agrees with,…