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The most complete corpus of the proverbs and fables of Aesop ever assembled

About the Author

Ben Edwin Perry (1892-1968) was a professor of classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1924 until his retirement in 1960. He is the author of Studies in the Text History of the Life and Fables of Aesop,The Aesopic Fable in the Orient, and many other books.

Reviews

"Nothing approaching this in magnitude has existed before and it is safe to say that all future study of the Aesopic tradition will rest on this vast collection and careful sifting of the basic texts." American Journal of Philology "'Monumental' is the only appropriate word to describe this work." Journal of Oriental Languages