Aesop Collection (page 2)

Aesop / Venus and the Cat
VENUS AND THE CAT Even though the cat has been turned into a human, she still displays feline tendencies - such as jumping out of bed to chase a mouse

Aesop / Sailor and the Sea
Aesop/Sailor and the Sea

Aesop / Gnat and the Lion
The gnat and the lion The gnat tries frantically to escape from the spiders web

Aesop / Trees and the Axe
THE TREES AND THE AXE The trees allow the countryman to fell a small tree to make a handle for his axe, not reali- -sing he is a woodcutter who will use it to fell many more

Aesop / The Two Pots
THE TWO POTS The iron pot and the china pot in the water

Aesop / Lion and Elephant
The Lion, Jupiter and the Elephant The lion and the elephant

Fable / Mountain in Labour
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR When a mountain is heard to utter prodigious groans, multitudes flock to it in expectation of wonders, but all that appears is a mouse

The Lion, Wolf and Fox
THE SICK LION, THE FOX & THE WOLF: the animals pay the lion respects, except the fox; slandered by the wolf, the fox tells the lion his cure lies in the flaying of the wolf

Fable / Minervas Olive
MINERVAs OLIVE: Minerva enquires of the other gods why the trees they favour bear no fruit; she has chosen the olive because of the usefulness of its fruit

Astronomer Looks at Sun
An astronomer looks at the sun through a telescope, while two colleagues confer at his side (illustration to Aesops Fable: The Monster in the Sun)

Fable / Partial Judge
THE PARTIAL JUDGE After an incident with an oxen and a bull, a farmer finds that a lawyer is keener to see justice done when its in his favour rather than against him

Fable / Two Lizards
THE TWO LIZARDS: two lizards were bemoaning their fate as lowly creatures, & wishing they d been born proud stags, when hounds tore apart the very stag they d admired

The Mimick & Countryman
THE MIMICK & THE COUNTRYMAN A man imitating the sound of a pig is judged more realistic than an actual pig concealed beneath the cloak of another man

Fable / the Mock-Bird
THE MOCK-BIRD The mock-bird is chastised by a little warbler for imitating and ridiculing their songs without adding any original strains of his own

Fable / Momus
JUPITER, NEPTUNE, MINERVA AND MOMUS: Momus found fault with everything made by the gods including man, so much so that Jupiter drove him from his office of judge

Fable / the Fox and Goat
THE FOX AND THE GOAT A fox and goat, feeling very thirsty, jump into a well to drink; unable to escape, the fox suggests he climb upon the goat, only to then run off

Fortune & the Schoolboy
FORTUNE & THE SCHOOLBOY or Child or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

The Lion and the Gnat
THE LION AND THE GNAT A lion was dismissive of a mere gnat, but found himself tormented by the gnats numerous bites

Fable / Horse & the Stag
THE HORSE AND THE STAG A horse, who finds a stag has intruded into his domain, seeks help from a man; the man obliges, and the horse then finds he has been enslaved

Fable / Maid & Milk Pail
COUNTRY MAID AND MILKPAIL The maid unwisely thinks of all she will do with the money for the milk at market, and neglects to watch what she is doing so spilling the milk

Aesop Revealing Truth
An allegory of Aesop revealing concealed truth through his fables

The Bear and the Bees
THE BEAR AND THE BEES The bear is stung by a bee and in retaliation overturns the hive whereupon hundreds of bees attack and sting him

Fable / Daw & Feathers
THE DAW WITH BORROWED FEATHERS The jackdaw imagined he could pass as an elegant peacock merely by dressing himself in their coloured plumes

Fable / Dove and Ant
THE DOVE AND THE ANT The ant bites the hunter on the ankle when he is about to shoot the dove, so repaying the doves good deed in rescuing him from the stream

Esops Fables Title Page
Title page of Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books by R Dodsley including a quotation from Paradise Lost and a vignette of wingless putti

Fable / Bull and Gnat
THE BULL AND THE GNAT A gnat settled on a bulls horn, & asked if it should go; the bull said he had not known the gnat was there & would not miss it when it was gone

Fable / Discontented Bee
The discontented bee complains to Jupiter about her wretched and anxious life, but Jupiter considers the bee ungrateful as he has provided her with all she needs for good living

The Ass and the Lap-Dog
THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG The ass imitates the behaviour of the little dog to try to win his masters affection

Aesop (Caxton)
AESOP Greek fabulist (illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Esops Fables )

Aesop / Carpenter
Of a Carpenter illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Aesops Fables

Romans Eating at Home
Roman eating scene (actually the profligate son of the tragedian Aesop dining off priceless singing-birds) - in Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta Memorabilia, 1475

Aesop / Fox and Cat
Of the Fox and the Cat illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Aesops Fables

Aesop / Bust / Rome
AESOP Greek writer of fables as depicted by a portrait bust in the Villa Albani, Rome

Aesop
AESOP (620 - 560 BC) Greek writer of fables as depicted by an anonymous medieval woodcut artist

Aesop / Figuier / Savants
AESOP Greek writer of fables as depicted by an antique bust at the Villa Albani, Rome

Boy with Aesop Animals
A little boy with animals who play a part in Aesops Fables: a cat, a bull, a fox, two geese, a donkey, an owl, a mouse, a frog and a crow

A Prawn and other Things
An Aesop prawn and some other sea creatures

Man Smoking a Pipe
A portrait of Aesop, the Drunken Rhyming Cobler (sic) of Eton smoking a clay pipe

Ermolao Barbaro (Venice)
ERMOLAO BARBARO of Venice Italian scholar, translator of Aristotle (Do not confuse with his contemporary E.B. bishop of Verona, translator of Aesop.)

Aesop - Woodcutter
The fable of The Woodcutter and the Axe, from a collection published in 1485

AESOP Greek writer. Author of fables

AESOP Author of fables

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