The Perry Index is a widely used index of "Aesop's Fables" or "Aesopica", the fables credited to Aesop, the storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between...

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom "to cry wolf", defined as "to give...

lion (disputing) is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 284 in the Perry Index. An alternative title is The lion and the statue. The story's moral is...

and the Ant (or Ants), is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 373 in the Perry Index. The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant...

The Fox and the Grapes is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 15 in the Perry Index. The narration is concise and subsequent retellings have often been equally...

The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate...

first recorded in the collection of Phaedrus. It is numbered 426 in the Perry Index. A fox invites a stork to eat with him and provides soup in a bowl, which...

that Laid the Golden Eggs" is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 87 in the Perry Index, a story that also has a number of Eastern analogues. Many other stories...

Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting...

and his Flute appears among Aesop's Fables and is numbered 11 in the Perry Index. Wide variations on the theme have existed over the centuries. In Classical...

The story has been told about many rulers. It is numbered 53 in the Perry Index. An old man has a number of sons who constantly quarrel with each other...

Dog and the Sheep is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 478 in the Perry Index. Originally its subject was the consequence of bearing false witness...

Woodman and The Golden Axe, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 173 in the Perry Index. It serves as a cautionary tale on the need for cultivating honesty,...

Frogs and the Sun is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 314 in the Perry Index. It has been given political applications since Classical times. There...

and the Lamb is a well-known fable of Aesop and is numbered 155 in the Perry Index. There are several variant stories of tyrannical injustice in which a...

form of a debate between the two insects. It is numbered 521 in the Perry Index. In the fable as recounted by Phaedrus, the fly claims precedence since...

others also achieved some currency. The fable appears as number 88 in the Perry Index and was to become a favourite in Europe from the Renaissance on. It is...

one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne–Thompson's folk tale index. Like several other elements in Aesop's fables...

The Crow and the Pitcher is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 390 in the Perry Index. It relates ancient observation of corvid behaviour that recent scientific...

origin that is included among Aesop's Fables and is listed as 42 in the Perry Index. It illustrates both the value of hard work and the need to temper parental...

Frogs Who Desired a King is one of Aesop's Fables and numbered 44 in the Perry Index. According to the earliest source, Phaedrus, the story concerns a group...

Frog and the Ox appears among Aesop's Fables and is numbered 376 in the Perry Index. The story concerns a frog that tries to inflate itself to the size of...

Frog and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 289 in the Perry Index. It takes the form of a humorous anecdote told against quack doctors...

Guggenheim Fellowships in the years 1930–1931 and 1954–1955. He developed the Perry Index. He graduated from University of Michigan, and Princeton University....

Aesop's Fables and represents a comedy of manners. It is number 10 in the Perry Index. The fable was briefly told in Classical Greek sources: 'A fox had never...

The Farmer and the Viper is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 176 in the Perry Index. It has the moral that kindness to evil will be met by betrayal and is...

quarrels of which others will take advantage. It is numbered 338 in the Perry Index. The fable only existed in Greek sources formerly and concerns a lion...

behaviour. Included among Aesop's Fables, it is numbered 235 in the Perry Index. There has been little variation in the fable since it was first recorded...

Heinrich Steinhowel and William Caxton onwards. It is numbered 562 in the Perry Index. Chanticleer is a rooster who lives with his three wives in an enclosure...

The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. There are early Latin and Greek versions and the fable may even have been...