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  • 11Aesopian — also Aesopic adjective Date: 1728 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables 2. conveying an innocent meaning to an outsider but a hidden meaning to a member of a conspiracy or underground movement < Aesopian language > …

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  • 12Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin — For other members of the noble family, see Saltykov Mikhail Saltykov Shchedrin Portrait of Shchedrin by Ivan Kramskoi Born January 27, 1826(1826 01 27) Tver …

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  • 13Panchatantra — An illustration from a Syrian edition dated 1354. The rabbit fools the elephant king by showing him the reflection of the moon. The Panchatantra (IAST: Pañcatantra, Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र, Five Principles ) is an ancient Indian inter related&#8230; …

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  • 14Syntipas — (the Greek form of Sindibad or Sendabar) was an Indian philosopher and writer supposed to have lived around 100 BC, and the reputed author of a collection of tales known generally in Europe as The Story of the Seven Wise Masters .They enjoyed&#8230; …

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  • 15Francis Barlow (artist) — Francis Barlow (1626? ndash; 1704) was an English painter, etcher, and illustrator.Barlow s first major work was the illustration (via 12 plates) of Edward Benlowe s Theophila (1652). He published and illustrated an edition of Aesop s Fables in&#8230; …

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  • 16The Ant and the Grasshopper — also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant or The Grasshopper and the Ants , is a fable attributed to Aesop, providing a moral lesson about hard work and preparation. In the numbering system established for Aesopic fables by B. E. Perry, it is nu …

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  • 17Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder — Gheeraert s birds eye view of Bruges, Flanders in 1562 …

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  • 18The Bell and the Cat — also known as Belling the Cat or The Mice, the Bell, and the Cat , is a fable attributed to Aesop, providing a moral lesson about the fundamental difference between ideas and the feasibility of their execution, and how this plays into the value …

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  • 19The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian — The Preiching of the Swallow The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian is a cycle of connected poems by the Scottish makar Robert Henryson. In the accepted text it consists of thirteen versions of fables, seven modelled on stories from Aesop&#8230; …

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  • 20Marcus Gheeraerts l'Ancien — Les Iconoclastes, c.1566 –1568 Marcus Gheeraerts l ancien (vers 1520–1590) est un peintre graveur flamand, actif à une époque à la cour des souverains Tudor, surtout connu comme illustrateur des Fables d Ésope parues en 1567. Sommaire …

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