'The Fox and the Grapes' is a fable whose origins go back to ancient, classical Greece. For it's one of the many that still are known today as 'Aesop's Fables'. In fact, Aesop [620 B.C. - 560 B.C.] may not be the author of the fable. But he nevertheless is important, for his passing on of stories that were passed on to him from even more ancient tellings. And 'The Fox and the Grapes' always has been a favorite, with its insightful ending moral, 'It is easy to despise what you can't get'.
The fable "The Fox and the Grapes," which features the concept of sour grapes, is attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop. In the fable, a fox describes grapes he cannot reach as sour to console himself for not being able to obtain them.
In Pig Latin, "grapes" would be "apesgray."
The fox and the grapes People tend to despise that which they cannot achieve.
In Pig Latin, grapes would be "apesgray."
After failing to get the grapes ,after jumping many times the fox said the grapes were sour he should have tried harder.
The Fox and the Grapes - 1922 was released on: USA: 5 February 1922
Dionysus is the Greek god associated with grapes.
The Fox and the Grapes
The grapes were too high, so Fox could not pluck them.
No it is called The fox and the grapes.
The Fox and the Grapes - 1941 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
No. The Fox cannot reach the grapes no matter what the method or effort and so walks away convincing himself that the grapes were sour anyway to soften the blow of defeat. The moral stated at the end of the fable is "It is easy to despise what you cannot get."