Chapter 1
The mystery of the storyteller
Chapter 2
The weirdest fables you never learned
Chapter 3
Global cousins and shape-shifting tales
Chapter 4
The dark and practical morals
YOUR GOAL
Master of The wild world of Aesop's weirdest fables
Ch 2 · The weirdest fables you never learned
schopenhauer Obscure Aesop's Fables
Cupid and Death swapped their arrows, now the old are in love and the young fall down!
schopenhauer A tiny insect learns that its presence is completely insignificant to a massive beast.
schopenhauer A roadside tree complains about being pelted with stones by people who only want to harvest its delicious nuts.
BETA
schopenhauer Guess the missing moral to discover the hidden wisdom of Aesop's rarest fables.
Fun Fact
The belly fable: The fable of the belly was used in ancient Rome to stop a major labor strike by comparing workers to hands.
Glossary
fable (noun)
A short fictional story, typically featuring anthropomorphic animals, that teaches a moral lesson. One obscure Greek story features frogs who demand a king from Jupiter and receive a wooden log.
A short fictional story, typically featuring anthropomorphic animals, that teaches a moral lesson. One obscure Greek story features frogs who demand a king from Jupiter and receive a wooden log.
Quiz
In 'The Belly and the Members,' why do the hands and mouth decide to stop working?
Quiz
What does the gnat do before apologizing to the bull in 'The Gnat and the Bull'?
Quiz
What is the first king Zeus sends to the frogs in 'The Frogs Asking for a King'?
Quiz
In 'The Frogs Asking for a King,' what is the second ruler Zeus sends to the frogs?
Quiz
Which political fable was famously used by Roman consul Menenius Agrippa to stop a plebeian strike in 494 BCE?