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Aesop’s fables are short stories, mainly starring animals, that leave us a moral with values and standards of conduct. They have come from ancient Greece to the present day and most of them continue to preserve stories that are still valid today.
Aesop’s fables are very brief stories that leave us a lesson or moral. This article talks about them but Aesop may not necessarily be their real author.
Various versions of Aesop’s life tell us that he was a slave from Samos, a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. He was born mute and his physical appearance did not exactly fit the beauty standards of the time. In contrast, he was remarkably intelligent and resourceful.
What can we take away from this story about what fables are and how they were considered in ancient Greece? Attributing the authorship of Aesop’s fables to a slave means that The messages in the fables were intended primarily for slaves. The purpose was to have a guide to moral conduct for them, since they did not follow an academic education but had to live in society.
Fables featuring animals to teach lessons to humans are believed to have been “invented” by an author on the border between animal and human. Aesop, once he achieves fame, makes the mistakes that led to his death at Delphi.
His life story reinforces an important theme in fables: that of being unable to change one’s nature and state. Its destruction ultimately occurs as a result of these changes.
Aesop’s fables as a type of philosophy
The word “fable” comes from Latin. Ultimately it means ‘history’ and is derived from the word fari which simply means ‘to speak’. Theon called it “a false speech representing the truth.”
Aesop’s biography shows us that fables are related to our most animal side. Aristotle suggested that the happiest life is one spent in a state of pure intellectual contemplation, while Plato opted for knowledge of forms, especially of the good, the just, and the beautiful.
However for most people, this type of philosophy is not available, as they do not have the resources to pursue academic philosophy. Most of us are closer to the animal than the divine and we will benefit more from the advice that is framed in those types of stories. For these people, the fables that unite the animal and the human will be much more valuable than Platonic or Aristotelian philosophy.
Aesop’s Fables as a guide to conduct in ancient Greece
Aesop’s fables provide a useful set of principles for conducting ourselves according to ancient Greek moral beliefs.
Aesop’s Fables: The Dog and Her Puppies
“A dog about to give birth seriously asked a shepherd for a place to rest to give birth to her puppies. When her request was granted, she again begged permission to feed and raise her children in the same place. The pastor again accepted. But after some time, the dog, surrounded by her puppies already grown, and capable of defending and attacking, claimed the taking of the place for her exclusive right, not allowing the shepherd to approach.
Before granting a benefit, it is usually positive to define the limits of this concession and evaluate the consequences it may have.
Aesop’s Fables: The Fly
“A fly fell into a pot full of meat. About to drown in the sauce, she exclaimed to herself:
-I ate, drank and bathed; Death may come, I don’t care now.”
One way to protect ourselves against failure is to convince ourselves that we don’t really care about what we lost.
The fox and the bunches of grapes
“There was a very hungry fox, and when she saw some delicious bunches of grapes hanging from a vine, she wanted to catch them with her mouth.
Not being able to reach them, he walked away saying to himself:
-Actually I didn’t even want them, they were so green…
Our mind is capable of convincing us that we didn’t want what we really wanted to make ourselves feel better.
The frogs asking for a king
“The frogs, tired of the disorder and anarchy in which they lived, sent a delegation to Zeus to send them a king.
Zeus, heeding their request, sent them a thick log to their pond.
Frightened by the noise the log made when it fell, the frogs hid wherever they could best. Finally, seeing that the log was no longer moving, they came to the surface and, given the stillness that prevailed, they began to feel such great contempt for the new king that they jumped on him and sat on him, mocking him relentlessly.
And so, feeling humiliated for having a simple piece of wood as their monarch, they returned to Zeus, asking him to change their king, since he was too calm.
Outraged, Zeus sent them an active water serpent that, one by one, caught them and devoured them all without mercy.
When choosing rulers, it is better to choose one who is simple and honest, rather than one who is very enterprising, but dangerous for the people.
The frog who claimed to be a doctor and the fox
“One day a frog shouted from his swamp to the other animals:
-I am a doctor and I know very well all the remedies for all ailments!
A fox heard her and demanded:
-How dare you announce helping others, when you yourself limp and don’t know how to cure yourself?
Never claim to be what you cannot demonstrate by example.
Conclusion
Aesop’s fables are very appropriate since they contain a simple teaching applicable to everyday situations. In the Greek world these lessons were oriented to the daily lives of people who often found themselves in delicate positions.
For those higher up the socioeconomic ladder, fables could provide valuable instruction. In the modern world, as communications become shorter and more immediate, we can see a kind of transformation of the fable, although of course the lessons in today’s world may be very different – or very similar in the background – to those of ancient Greece.
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