HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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They act out human situations to teach moral lessons.
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They encourage writing lyric poems.
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They speak for the gods.
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They represent famous leaders.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fable concerns a grasshopper (in the original, a cicada) that has spent the summer singing and dancing while the ant (or ants in some versions) worked to store up food for winter. When winter arrives, the grasshopper finds itself dying of hunger and begs the ant for food.
Detailed explanation-2: -In literature, a fable is a very short story meant to teach a moral or lesson to the reader. Most often, fables feature animals as characters.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lesson: Learn from the misfortunes of others. Failure in life is okay, as long as you learn from it. Take a look at the mistakes of others and take note. It’s always important to reflect on what you could have done better or what steps you could avoid in the future.
Detailed explanation-4: -Written by a former Greek slave, in the late to mid-6th century BCE, Aesop’s Fables are the world’s best known collection of morality tales. The fables, numbering 725, were originally told from person-to-person as much for entertainment purposes but largely as a means for relaying or teaching a moral or lesson.