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AESOP (about 620-562 b.c.)

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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A marvelous storyteller named Aesop lived long ago in Greece. Very little is known about him except that he was a young slave on the island of Samos. Legend says that he was an ugly man, perhaps deformed. But he had a brilliant mind, and he enjoyed telling stories in which animals acted like human beings. Each tale taught people a lesson. These tales are called fables.

One legend tells that Aesop was freed from slavery. He was sent to divide money among the people of Delphi, a Greek city. But he found that they were dishonest, and he refused to give them the money. The ...

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