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The North Wind and the Sun – 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 North Wind and the Sun:
The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: “I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin.” So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.
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 North Wind and the Sun”
Product: Olympic Pin
Pin code: #03-010-004
Tiraz: <7.500pcs
Official Licensed Product
Licensed Manufacturer: Efsimon Collection
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