WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Western tradition of fable effectively begins with Aesop, a likely legendary figure to whom is attributed a collection of ancient Greek fables. Modern editions contain up to 200 fables, but there is no way of tracing their actual origins; the earliest known collection linked to Aesop dates to the 4th century bce.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ancient Greeks believed that there had once been a man named Aesop who was the originator of the fable and author of its earliest examples, and it became traditional to attribute all fables to him, just as Americans currently tend to attribute any clever remark to Mark Twain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aesop was a Greek Fabulist and former slave credited with inventing the genre we now call fables. His life is shrouded in uncertainty. The tales of Aesop are arguably more well-known to contemporary audiences than the epics of Homer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fables are another form of traditional literature.

Detailed explanation-5: -The fables originally belonged to oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop’s death. By that time, a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere.