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∙ 14y agoThe Greeks told fables about Gods and the myths of Gods in order to explain the creation of the world and natural events that could not be explained any other way, such as the creation of horses or why the sun went across the sky.
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Why did the Greeks tell fables?
because they like to fake everything in life in general haha
What early Greek told about the ant and the grasshopper?
The Ant and the Grasshopper is one of Aesop's Fables.
Before Herodotus how did Greeks tell their past?
The Greeks told myths to tell stories of the past or they used ledgends
Who invented fables?
Allegedly Aesop.
What is the reason that the Greeks told the story of Orpheus and Eurydice?
That the dead could not come back in a physical body.
Where did Aesope live?
Aesop lived in Greece where he told his fables. He then became famous for telling his fables and in a history book we have a chapter called Aesop's fables!
What is is the origin of fables?
Fables were probably being told long before there was writing - so the origin of them has not been recorded.
Why did the Greeks tell fables?
because they like to fake everything in life in general haha
Why do Aesop's Fables are still told today?
i dont know
What were two types of early Greeks literature and what were they about?
There were fables, lyrical poems, epics, and other literature types in ancient Greece. Fables were short stories that taught a lesson. Aesop wrote many fables that we still read and enjoy today. Lyrical poems were poems set to music. Epics were extremely long poems that told a story. Homer wrote the Iliad, an epic about the Trojan War, and the Odyssey, an epic about the adventures of Oddyseus.
Why is aesop important?
Aesop is important because he wrote great fables.
What is story about narrative text animal?
A narrative told as if animals were human are called fables
What early Greek told about the ant and the grasshopper?
The Ant and the Grasshopper is one of Aesop's Fables.
What were aesop's major influences?
He wrote and told many fables that kids still read and learn.
Who told Aeneas that the Greeks had captured troy?
No one did. Aeneas was in Troy when the Greeks caputered it. He didn't need to be told, he saw it happen with his own eyes.
What was the first book to have fables?
Aesop's also known as The Aesopica. It is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE.
How and when and where were fables told or preformed?
Fables were first told in ancient Greece and India as moral tales featuring animals as characters. They were typically passed down orally through generations before being written down. Fables were often performed in various settings, such as public gatherings, markets, and theaters, to entertain and educate listeners about moral values and societal norms.
