“The nest of mice lived in an empty old house, bothering nobody. One day a cat climbed through a broken window and got into the kitchen. ‘I say . . . ‘Paradise.’ Snap, snap, snap, the cat went to work ...

When: Wednesday, Nov. 18 through Friday, Nov. 20, 6 p.m. How much: $8/adults; $5 students and faculty; tickets available at the door The 14 students in Aspen High School’s fall play class are bringing ...

According to “The Life of Aesop,” a text compiled in ancient Greece from a variety of legends, the man whose name is synonymous with the fable was born a slave in Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey) in the ...

"The Hare and the Tortoise" Source: Arthur Rackham/Wikimedia Commons, pubic domain. I recently read Dr. Jo Wimpenny's book Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables and simply couldn't put it ...

Willis Regier has discovered that English language translations and translators of Aesop's fables have had a colourful history. One of the translators brought the printing press to England and another ...

A few years ago, I needed to cite an English translation of an Aesop fable. Obedient to lessons learned in graduate school, I looked for the best. That turned out to be a winding road with distracting ...