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Aesops Fables
Aesop’s Fables is a collection of short morality tales believed to have originally been told by Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. His story is so ancient that the facts about his life are unclear, but the simple truths of his fables have been passed on through the centuries, timeless tales still read and enjoyed all over the world to this day
Many of the stories feature animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems and have human characteristics, a magical approach to storytelling that gives them a universal appeal across generations and nations.
Many of the stories feature animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems and have human characteristics, a magical approach to storytelling that gives them a universal appeal across generations and nations.
The human truths of Aesop’s Fables have been passed down from generation to generation, either read aloud or told in books with entertaining illustrations that bring the stories to life. This combination of simple stories and visual storytelling makes Aesop’s Fables an ideal theme for coin design, which itself has been used to tell stories for centuries.