CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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The stories show human weaknesses and strengths.
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The stories are still read by people around the world.
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The stories were part of Greek oral tradition.
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The stories end with a useful truth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What indicates the lasting influence of Aesop’s Fables? The stories show human weaknesses and strengths.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although many scholars believe that the fables were likely meant for adults in antiquity, as many of theme touch on themes of religion and politics, the stories have since become essential tales told to children across the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Initially the fables were addressed to adults and covered religious, social and political themes. They were also put to use as ethical guides and from the Renaissance onwards were particularly used for the education of children.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Greeks pretty much invented modern mathematics, sculpture, philosophy, science and even medicine. And they used some of their new knowledge to make inventions like the water wheel, the alarm clock, the catapult and even, the vending machine!
Detailed explanation-5: -The first known collection of the fables ascribed to Aesop was produced by Demetrius Phalareus in the 4th century bce, but it did not survive beyond the 9th century ce. A collection of fables that relied heavily on the Aesop corpus was that of Phaedrus, which was produced at Rome in the 1st century ce.