Mythoi tou Aisopou, Tomos 2os

Title

en_US Mythoi tou Aisopou, Tomos 2os

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Greek

en_US Retold by Gloria Kamen

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Barlamos, Christos

Date

2016-01-25T20:20:50Z

en_US 2013-01

en_US 2005

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:20:50Z

Date Issued

en_US 2005

Abstract

en_US This attractive large-format book offers four fables, each receiving about eight pages and a longish prose text. FWT presents a lively female fox who dresses up as a fashion statement after she has lost her tail. Her tight pants and short tail are noticed by even the birds and, of course, the skirt-wearing grandma fox with granny glasses. The second fable is apparently Perry 233, The Swan and his Owner. They say that swans sing when about to die. Someone bought a swan because he had heard that it was a very melodious bird. Then once, when he had guests for dinner, he urged the swan to sing for the company, but the swan remained silent. Later on, when the swan sensed that he was about to die, he sang a dirge for himself, and his owner hearing it said 'If you sing only when you are going to die, it was foolish of me to ask you to sing instead of sacrificing you.' Next up is The Monkey and the Fox, where the latter reveals the former's ineptitude for kingship by getting him caught in a trap. My prize for the liveliest illustration in a lively book goes to the picture here of the monkey doing her hair (26-27). The climax picture is also excellent: the supposed queen is trapped and befuddled (32). The black wolves on 38 of BW are also excellent. The endpapers offer a clue that FC appears in Volume I, now out of print. An indication on the book's cover, which shows BW, indicates that the book has a matching CD. There is no sign of that CD here.

Identifier

en_US 8714 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83928

Publisher

en_US Ekdoseis Agyra

Subject

en_US PA3856 .M98 2005 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole