Aesop's Fables: A New Translation

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From a renowned scholar and translator, a new translation of Aesop’s fables.

"Lively and colloquial." —Wall Street Journal

Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Dog in the Manger,” and “Sour Grapes” have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop’s tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours—one with clear good and plain evil—but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity.

Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop’s most enduring fables.

From a renowned scholar and translator, a new translation of Aesop’s fables. "Lively and colloquial." —Wall Street Journal Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Dog in the Manger,” and “Sour Grapes” have captiv...

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About the author

Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and history. Among others, his translations include Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Plato’s Republic, and Herodotus’s The Histories. He lives in Greece.
Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and history. Among others, his translations include Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Plato’s Republic, and Herodotus’s The Histories. He lives in Greece.

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