Three Hundred Æsop's Fables

by Aesop

For other English-language translations of this work, see Aesop's Fables.

 

 

ÆSOP'S FABLES.

 

 

ÆSOP'S FABLES.

Frontispiece.

 

 

THREE HUNDRED

ÆSOP'S FABLES

LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK

BY THE

REV. GEO. FYLER TOWNSEND, M.A.

With fifty illustrations by Harrison Weir

LONDON

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

The Broadway, Ludgate

NEW YORK : 416, BROOME STREET

 

 

INDEX.

	PAGE
Preface	v.
Life of Æsop	xxv.
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Æthiop	73
Ant and Dove	96
Ants and Grasshopper	36
Apes and Two Travellers	134
Ass and Charger	176
Ass and Driver	173
Ass and Frogs	115
Ass and Grasshopper	32
Ass and his Masters	70
Ass and his Purchaser	160
Ass and his Shadow	91
Ass and Horse	175
Ass and Lap-Dog	56
Ass and Mule	55
Ass and Old Shepherd	116
Ass and Wolf	141
Ass carrying Image	88
Ass, Cock, and Lion	85
Ass, Fox, and Lion	41
Ass in the Lion's Skin	159
Astronomer	62
⁠
Bald Man and Fly	184
Bald Knight	112
Bat and Weasels	34
Bear and Fox	44
Bear and Two Travellers	49
Bee and Jupiter	86
Belly and Members	68
Birdcatcher, Partridge, and Cock	95
Birds, Beasts, and Bat	156
Bitch and her Whelps	166
Blind Man and Whelp	150
Boasting Traveller	51
Bowman and Lion	117
Boy and Filberts	52
Boy and Nettles	61
Boy Bathing	136
Boy hunting Locusts	38
Boys and Frogs	58
Brazier and his Dog	188
Brother and Sister	149
Buffoon and Countryman	185
Bull and Calf	121
Bull and Goat	111
Bull, Lioness, and Wild-Boar Hunter	117
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Camel	118
Camel and Arab	101
Camel and Jupiter	180
Cat and Birds	62
Cat and Cock	50
Cat and Mice	103
Cat and Venus	183
Cobbler turned Doctor	150
Cock and Jewel	35
Charcoal Burner and Fuller	38
Charger and Miller	67
Crab and Fox	118
Crab and its Mother	71
Crow and Mercury	155
Crow and Pitcher	125
Crow and Raven	115
Crow and Serpent	187
Crow and Sheep	175
⁠	⁠
Dancing Monkeys	105
Doe and Lion	98
Dog and Cook	104
Dog and Hare	120
Dog and Oyster	177
Dog and Shadow	39
Dog, Cock, and Fox	140
Dog in Manger	47
Dogs and Fox	149
Dogs and Hides	167
Dog's House	154
Dolphins, Whales, and Sprat	70
Dove and Crow	161
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Eagle and Arrow	81
Eagle and Beetle	183
Eagle and Captor	180
Eagle and Fox	164
Eagle and Jackdaw	163
Eagle and Kite	181
Eagle, Cat, and Wild Sow	121
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Farmer and Cranes	48
Farmer and Fox	106
Farmer and Snake	43
Farmer and his Sons	66
Farmer and Stork	44
Father and his Sons	34
Father and Two Daughters	72
Fawn and his Mother	41
Fighting Cocks and Eagle	66
Fir Tree and Bramble	73
Fisherman and his Nets	75
Fisherman and Little Fish	99
Fisherman Piping	38
Fishermen	146
Flea and Man	179
Flea and Ox	160
Flea and Wrestler	170
Flies and Honey-Pot	42
Fly and the Draught-Mule	146
Fowler and Viper	144
Fox and Bramble	175
Fox and Crane	155
Fox and Crow	76
Fox and Goat	45
Fox and Grapes	128
Fox and Hedgehog	119
Fox and Leopard	109
Fox and Lion	135
Fox and Lion	152
Fox and Mask	143
Fox and Monkey	67
Fox and Monkey	131
Fox and Woodcutter	93
Fox who had lost his Tail	49
Frogs asking for a King	53
Frogs' complaint against Sun	188
⁠	⁠
Game Cocks and Partridge	152
Geese and Cranes	140
Gnat and Bull	166
Gnat and Lion	127
Goat and Ass	142
Goat and Goatherd	50
Goatherd and Wild Goats	59
Goods and Ills	158
Grasshopper and Owl	143
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Hare and Hound	113
Hare and Tortoise	37
Hares and Foxes	121
Hares and Frogs	97
Hares and Lions	138
Hart and Vine	127
Hawk and Nightingale	138
Hawk, Kite, and Pigeons	70
Heifer and Ox	66
Hen and Golden Eggs	115
Hen and Swallow	174
Hercules and Waggoner	39
Herdsman and lost Bull	40
Horse and Ass	144
Horse and Groom	55
Horse and his Rider	67
Horse and Stag	30
Hunter and Horseman	187
Hunter and Woodman	99
Huntsman and Fisherman	76
⁠	⁠
Image of Mercury and Carpenter	110
⁠	⁠
Jackdaw and Doves	131
Jackdaw and Fox	167
Jupiter and Monkey	69
Jupiter, Neptune, Minerva, and Momus	162
⁠	⁠
Kid and Wolf	64
Kid and Wolf	129
Kingdom of the Lion	36
King's Son and Painted Lion	182
Kites and Swans	120
⁠	⁠
Labourer and Snake	54
Lamb and Wolf	178
Lamp	100
Lark and her Young Ones	139
Lark burying its Father	166
Lion and Boar	82
Lion and Bull	142
Lion and Dolphin	80
Lion and Eagle	172
Lion and Fox	171
Lion and Hare	109
Lion and Mouse	31
Lion and Shepherd	180
Lion and Three Bulls	145
Lion, Bear, and Fox	107
Lion, Fox, and Ass	110
Lion in a Farm-yard	94
Lion in Love	51
Lion, Jupiter, and Elephant	176
Lion, Mouse, and Fox	54
Lion, Wolf, and Fox	153
Lioness	42
⁠	⁠
Man and his Two Sweethearts	60
Man and his Wife	131
Man and Lion	43
Man and Satyr	161
Man bitten by a Dog	76
Man, Horse, Ox, and Dog	132
Manslayer	172
Master and his Dogs	88
Mercury and Sculptor	92
Mercury and Workmen	168
Mice and Weasels	83
Mice in Council	82
Milkwoman and her Pail	86
Miller, his Son, and their Ass	101
Mischievous Dog	59
Miser	51
Mole and his Mother	40
Monkey and Camel	166
Monkey and Dolphin	130
Monkey and Fishermen	98
Monkeys and their Mother	112
Mother and Wolf	173
Mountain in Labour	44
Mouse and Bull	104
Mouse, Frog, and Hawk	74
Mule	123
Mules and Robbers	178
⁠	⁠
North Wind and Sun	154
⁠	⁠
Oak and Reeds	94
Oak and Woodcutters	114
Oaks and Jupiter	112
Old Hound	89
Old Lion	90
Old Man and Death	73
Old Woman and Physician	64
Old Woman and Wine-jar	75
Olive-tree and Fig-tree	187
One-eyed Doe	83
Owl and Birds	157
Ox and Frog	65
Oxen and Axle-trees	47
Oxen and Butchers	57
⁠	⁠
Panther and Shepherds	180
Partridge and Fowler	178
Peacock and Crane	114
Peacock and Juno	136
Peasant and Apple-tree	169
Peasant and Eagle	108
Philosopher, Ants, and Mercury	108
Playful Ass	77
Pomegranate, Apple-tree, and Bramble	43
Porker, Sheep, and Goat	52
Prophet	123
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Quack Frog	153
⁠	⁠
Raven and Swan	46
Rich Man and Tanner	179
Rivers and Sea	85
Rose and Amaranth	174
⁠	⁠
Salt Merchant and his Ass	58
Sea-gull and Kite	106
Seaside Travellers	91
Seller of Images	138
Serpent and Eagle	124
She-goats and their Beards	184
Shepherd and Dog	113
Shepherd and Sea	84
Shepherd and Sheep	170
Shepherd and Wolf	71
Shepherd's Boy and Wolf	57
Shipwrecked Man and Sea	185
Sick Kite	81
Sick Lion	48
Sick Stag	61
Sparrow and Hare	159
Spendthrift and Swallow	156
Stag at the Pool	105
Stag in the Ox-stall	78
Stag, Wolf, and Sheep	121
Swallow and Crow	35
Swallow, Serpent, and Court of Justice	70
Swan and Goose	98
Swollen Fox	100
⁠	⁠
Thief and his Mother	72
Thief and House-Dog	133
Thief and Innkeeper	126
Thieves and Cock	105
Thirsty Pigeon	46
Three Tradesmen	87
Thrush and Fowler	173
Tortoise and Eagle	45
Town Mouse and Country Mouse	147
Traveller and Fortune	106
Traveller and his Dog	36
Travellers and Plane-tree	174
Trees and Axe	116
Trees under protection of Gods	170
Trumpeter taken Prisoner	157
Truth and Traveller	172
Two Bags	164
Two Dogs	79
Two Frogs	100
Two Frogs	124
Two Men who were Enemies	152
Two Pots	71
Two Soldiers and Robber	169
Two Travellers and Axe	90
⁠	⁠
Vain Jackdaw	63
Vine and Goat	69
Viper and File	179
⁠	⁠
Walnut-tree	128
Wasp and Snake	114
Wasps, Partridges, and Farmer	148
Weasel and the Mice	135
Widow and Little Maidens	68
Widow and Sheep	77
Wild Ass and Lion	79
Wild Boar and Fox	85
Wolf and Crane	33
Wolf and Fox	122
Wolf and Goat	145
Wolf and Horse	151
Wolf and House-dog	87
Wolf and Lamb	32
Wolf and Lion	95
Wolf and Lion	156
Wolf and Sheep	75
Wolf and Shepherd	137
Wolf and Shepherds	90
Wolf, Fox, and Ape	148
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	50
Wolves and Sheep	62
Wolves and Sheep-dogs	116
Woman and her Hen	120