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The Fox and the Grapes – Aesop’s Fables
Athens 2004 Olympic Games Pin
Aesop’s Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop’s name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media.
Aesop was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and (if he ever existed) no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics.
The Fox and the Grapes:
One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.”
This series includes 6 pins/fables:
- The Stag in the Water Source
- The Crow and the Fox
- The Zeus and the Snake
- The North Wind and the Sun
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- The Fox and the Grapes
The pin depicts the Aesop’s Fable “The Fox and the Grapes”
Product: Olympic Pin
Pin code: #03-010-006
Tiraz: <7.500pcs
Official Licensed Product
Licensed Manufacturer: Efsimon Collection
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