Chapter 110 The Story of the Fabler Aesop

The Story of the Fabler Aesop The author Aesop, is a person of ancient Greek times.His background is very obscure, Almost like the many fables that bear his name, he himself is almost a A kind of legend.All we can know today is that his origin was not "noble" at all, it was A slave at the time.And according to reliable sources, when his name was first At the time of recording, he had been sold twice by his master, and was sent to The slave market goes up for sale. The most reliable information about Aesop's life that we can read today comes from ancient Greek Works of the famous historian Herodotus.Because the time when he and Aesop lived were different from each other.

It has been more than a hundred years, and other records in his historical works have been proved to be quite reliable.So his records about Aesop are naturally more credible than what others said. According to Herodotus' records, the fabler Aesop was born at the time of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis. generation.This era was in the middle of the sixth century BC.However, according to more reliable research in modern times, Aesop's The date of birth should be 620 BC.His status is that of a slave.Because he is a slave, he came out The place of birth is unknown.Herodotus said he was born on the island of Samos in Greece, but as later generations

Just like arguing about the hometown of the great Greek poet Homer, there are at least four places in Greece where people are arguing about Their place is Aesop's hometown. It is said that Aesop, who was a human slave, was sold twice by his master, and then sold again for the third time. A man named Chatman.Seeing that the slave was resourceful and learned, the new master released him. His slavery, restored to his free citizenship.According to ancient Greek law, a restored A free slave, he is entitled to the rights enjoyed by ordinary citizens.So Aesop soon won gained a very respected position.He traveled all over Greece, and played scenes among the various vassals and nobles.

the lives of visitors, winning them over with his fables and wit while enriching his own. training.Later he lived in Sardis.It was the capital of Lydia and the center of academic culture at the time. Once, he was entrusted by King Crosus to go to Delphi in the name of an envoy to arrange a donation.No Somehow, the citizens of Delphi offended him, and he angered the citizens of Delphi, and a dispute arose between the two. Come, Aesop ordered people to bring the money back to Sardis.This further enraged the citizens of Delphi, who are said to have Ignoring that Aesop was the envoy of King Crosus, he pushed him off the cliff and smashed him to pieces.

and die. It is probably certain that Aesop died at the hands of the Telphians, though the cause of his death There are several different explanations.As for which year this happened, there is no information to check.Depend on Because he died innocently, there were legends in ancient Greece about Aesop's revenge on the Delphi people after his death. Said, let them suffer from natural disasters and man-made disasters.There is an ancient Greek proverb "Aesop's blood", which means It means that evil will eventually be rewarded.