Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern

by Thomas Newbigging

• Æsop:
  • his era, [33];
  • birthplace, [33];
  • his masters when a slave, [33];
  • his mission to Delphi, [34];
  • his death, [35];
  • disparagement of his personal appearance, [36];
  • due to Planudes, [37];
  • his mate or wife, Rhodope, [38];
  • Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39];
  • stories related of, [42];
  • Æsop and the figs, [44];
  • the pannier of bread, [45];
  • bought by Zanthus, [45];
  • Zanthus' foolish wager, [46];
  • Zanthus' wife restored, [46];
  • Æsop and the mean fellow, [47];
  • at play, [48];
  • and the author, [48];
  • sayings of, [49];
  • at the Court of Crœsus, [49];
  • as a fabulist, [97]
• Æsop and the Ass, [115]
• 'Æsop, G. Washington,' parody on Æsop's fables, [127]
• Æsopian fable or apologue defined, [5];
  • opinions regarding the, [52];
  • characteristics of the, [55]
• Ademar, [128]
• Agathia's epigram on Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39]
• Aitken, Dr., fables by, [127]
• Aldus' edition of the fables, [59]
• Alfonso, [128]
• Aphthonius, definition of fable by, [2]
• Apologue or fable, definition of the, [1]
• Applicability of fables to every-day life, [58]
• Application of fables, [13]
• Arabian fables, [80]
• Archilochus, a writer of fables, [54]
• Aristotle on fables, [68]
• Arrogant Mule mortified, The, [75]
• Arwaker, Edmund, 'Truth in Fiction; or, Morality in Masquerade,' fables by, [126]
• Ass's Shadow, The, [79]
• 'Assemblies of Æsopian Fables,' [55]
• Avienus, [55], [61]

• Babrius, [55], [61], [65]
• Bayle on Babrius, [66]
• Beau and the Butterfly, The, [133]
• Bee and the Coquette, The, [130]
• Bee and the Spider, The, [111]
• Belly and the Members, The, [54], [68];
  • the oldest known fable, [69]
• Bentley, Dr., ridicules the account of Æsop's deformity, [40];
  • on Babrius, [66]
• Berington on 'The Arabian or Saracenic Learning,' [85]
• Bias, [34]
• Bitteux, [60]
• Bonus Accursius, his collection of fables, [59]
• 'Book of Kalilah and Dimnah,' The, [80]
• Boothby, Sir Brooke, definition of fable by, [3]
• Boy and the Rainbow, The, [137]
• Brettinger, [60]
• Brown, Walter, fables by, [127]
• Bull and the Gnat, The, [57]
• Bull and Mouth, The, [141]
• Bussey, G. Moir, definition of fable by, [4];
  • collection of fables, [130], [144]

• Caxton's collection of fables, [60]
• Characteristics of fables, [7]
• Chilo, [34]
• Cleobulus, [34]
• Colling, Mary Maria, fables by, [128]
• Confession, from the 'Gesta Romanorum,' [93]
• Cotiæum in Phrygia, the supposed birthplace of Æsop, [33]
• Cowper, William, combats Rousseau's views on fables, [27];
  • his fables, [96], [127];
  • The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, [136]
• Crœsus, King of Lydia, [34]
• Croxall, Dr. Samuel, [16], [59], [60], [61]

• Davies, M.A., Rev. James, translator of Babrius, [67]
• Definition of fable, [1]
• Delphi, Æsop's mission to, [34];
  • character of the Delphians, [34];
  • their punishment for the murder of Æsop, [36];
  • their expiation to a descendant of Idmon, [36]
• Demarchus, Æsop's first master, [33]
• Demetrius Phalereus, Æsop's fables collected by, [55], [61]
• Diagoras, Æsop's fables collected by, [55]
• Dodsley, Robert, definition of fable by, [3];
  • on the morals and applications of fables, [17];
  • reason why fables esteemed in all ages, [21];
  • collection of fables, [60], [97], [108]
• Dog and the Crocodile, The, [56]
• Dryden's fables, [144]

• Eagle and the Beetle, The, [35], [76]
• Ebn Arabscah's collection of Arabian fables, [85]
• Elephant and the Fox, The, [29]
• Emblematical fables, [11]
• English writers on fables, [62];
  • English fabulists, [129]
• Epigram, Agathia's, on Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39]
• Epigrammatical character of Æsop's fables, [58]
• Escurial Library, the, [85]
• Eusebius, [35]

• Fable, definition of, [1];
  • in history and myth, [68]
• Fable, writers on:
  • Alsop, [62];
  • Bayle, [66];
  • Benfey, [61];
  • Bentley, [62];
  • Boissonade, [61];
  • Boyle, [62];
  • Crusius, [61];
  • Davies, [67];
  • Du Meril, [61];
  • Ellis, [62];
  • Fausboll, [61];
  • Gaston Paris, [61];
  • Gitlbauer, [61];
  • Hervieux, [61];
  • Jacobs, [62];
  • James, [62];
  • Jannelli, [61];
  • Landsberger, [62];
  • Lewis, [67];
  • Mall, [61];
  • Menas, [66];
  • Meziriac, [61];
  • Mueller, [61];
  • Neveletus, [66];
  • Oesterley, [61];
  • Perotti, [61];
  • Pithou, [61];
  • Robert, [61];
  • Rhys-Davids, [62];
  • Rutherford, [62];
  • Townsend, [62];
  • Tyrwhitt, [62];
  • Vavassor, [66];
  • Wase, [62]
• Fables, characteristics of, [7];
  • morals of, [7];
  • rational, emblematical, and mixed, [11];
  • La Fontaine on, [13];
  • Montaigne on Æsop's, [14];
  • Rousseau on, [25], [27];
  • Cowper on, [27];
  • Plato advises the use of, [26];
  • Aristotle on, [68];
  • in Holy Scripture, [54]
• Fables, collections of Æsopian:
  • Accursius, [59];
  • Aldus, [59];
  • Avienus, [55];
  • Babrius, [55];
  • Caxton, [60];
  • Croxall, [59];
  • Diagoras, [55];
  • Dodsley, [60];
  • Faerno, [59];
  • James, [60];
  • L'Estrange, [59];
  • Neveletus, [59];
  • Ogilby, [60];
  • Phædrus, [55];
  • Phalereus, [55];
  • Planudes, [37];
  • Stephens, [59];
  • Willans, [60]
• Fables quoted—
  • Æsop and the Ass, [115]
  • The Arrogant Mule mortified, [75]
  • The Ass's Shadow, [79]
  • The Beau and Butterfly, [133]
  • The Bee and the Coquette, [130]
  • The Bee and the Spider, [111]
  • The Belly and the Members, [69]
  • The Boy and the Rainbow, [137]
  • The Bull and Mouth, [141]
  • The Bull and the Gnat, [57]
  • Confession, [93]
  • The Dog and the Crocodile, [56]
  • The Eagle and the Beetle, [35], [76]
  • The Elephant and the Fox, [29]
  • The Farmer, Horseman and Pedestrian, [131]
  • The Flea and the Elephant, [142]
  • The Fox and the Crow, [31]
  • The Fox and the Hedgehog, [73]
  • The Fox and the Stork, [99]
  • The Frogs and Jupiter, [74]
  • The Geese, [121]
  • The Greedy and Ambitious Cat, [81]
  • The Green Man, [140]
  • The Horse and the Stag, [77]
  • Indian Birth Story, [141]
  • The Land of the Halt, [132]
  • The Leaves and the Roots, [120]
  • The Magpie and Stump, [140]
  • The Man and his Goose, [10]
  • The Man and the Lion, [9]
  • The Mastiff and his Puppy, [126]
  • Mercury and the Sculptor, [57]
  • The Miser and Plutus, [106]
  • The Miser and the Magpie, [109]
  • The Nightingale, the Cuckoo, and the Ass, [142]
  • The Nightingale and the Hawk, [54], [58]
  • The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, [135], [136]
  • The Old Woodcutter and Death, [58]
  • Of Perfect Life, [90]
  • The Piper turned Fisherman, [76]
  • The Shepherd and the Nightingale, [116]
  • The Snake and the Hedgehog, [56]
  • Solomon's Ghost, [116]
  • The Toad and the Ephemeron, [110]
  • The Trees in Search of a King, [71]
  • The Trooper and his Armour, [113]
  • The Two Thrushes, [118]
  • The Viper and the File, [102]
  • The Wolf and the Shepherds, [55]
  • The Wolves and the Sheep, [78]
• Fables, writers of:
  • Addison, [129];
  • Ademar, [128];
  • Aitken, [127];
  • Alfonso, [128];
  • Armoult, [129];
  • Arwaker, [126];
  • Avian, [128];
  • Babrius, [65];
  • Bertola, [129];
  • Boisard, [129];
  • Bondi, [129];
  • Brown, [127];
  • Chemnitzer, [129];
  • Clasio, [129];
  • Colling, [128];
  • Coyne, [130];
  • Crudeli, [129];
  • Dmitriev, [129];
  • Dodsley, [108];
  • Dryden, [144];
  • Faerno, [59];
  • Fénelon, [128];
  • Florian, [129];
  • Maria de France, [127];
  • Gaspey, [127];
  • Gay, [103];
  • Gellert, [129];
  • Gentleman, [127];
  • Ginguene, [129];
  • Glinka, [129];
  • Godolphin, [128];
  • Goldsmith, [129];
  • Goncharov, [129];
  • Grillo, [129];
  • Hagedorn, [129];
  • Hall-Stevenson, [126];
  • Henryson, [130];
  • Jauffret, [129];
  • Krilof, [120];
  • La Fontaine, [97];
  • Lessing, [115];
  • Le Grand, [129];
  • Lichtner, [129];
  • Lomonosov, [129];
  • Moore, [126];
  • Nicolai, [129];
  • Nivernois, [128];
  • Northcote, [112];
  • Passeroni, [129];
  • Perego, [129];
  • Percival, [130];
  • Pfeffel, [129];
  • Phædrus, [63];
  • Pignotti, [129];
  • Pilpay, [80];
  • Planudes, [37];
  • Poggio, [128];
  • Polidori, [129];
  • Prior, [129];
  • Prosser, [128];
  • Ramsay, [126];
  • Rankine, [130];
  • Roberti, [129];
  • Romulus, [128];
  • Rossi, [129];
  • Rowe, [127];
  • Rufus, [128];
  • Samaniego, [129];
  • Staite, [127];
  • Steele, [126];
  • Sumarakov, [129];
  • Trimmer, [128];
  • Vanbrugh, [129];
  • Westmacott, [127];
  • Wilkie, [127];
  • Wilson, [127];
  • Winter, [130];
  • Yriarte, [117]
• Fabulists as censors, [19]
• Faerno's, Gabriele, one hundred fables, [59]
• Farmer, Horseman, and Pedestrian, The, [131]
• Feast of the Sages, The, [75]
• Fénelon, the Abbé, [128]
• Figs, Æsop and the stolen, [44]
• Flea and the Elephant, The, [142]
• Florian, [129];
  • The Bee and the Coquette, [130]
• Fox and the Crow, The, [31]
• Fox and the Hedgehog, The, [73]
• Fox and the Stork, The, [99]
• France, Maria de, [127]
• French fabulists, [128]
• French writers on fable, [61]
• Frogs and Jupiter, The, [74]
• Furia, Francisco de, on Babrius, [66]

• Gaspey's fables, [127]
• Gāthas, or moral verses, [14]
• Gay, John, [17];
  • his fables, [96];
  • sketch of, [103];
  • lines of Gay which have become widely popular, [104];
  • Pope's epitaph on, [105]
• Geese, The, [121]
• Gellert, [129];
  • The Land of the Halt, [132]
• Gentleman's, Francis, royal fables, [127];
  • The Beau and Butterfly, [133]
• German fabulists, [129];
  • writers on fable, [61]
• 'Gesta Romanorum,' [89];
  • a rich storehouse for the poets, [95]
• Godolphin, Mary, her fables, [128]
• Goldsmith on L'Estrange as a writer, [61]
• Grecian heroes and gods, [1]
• Greedy and Ambitious Cat, The, [81]
• Green Man, The, [140]

• Hall-Stevenson's, John, 'Fables for Grown Gentlemen,' [126]
• Harrison's, J. Henry, translation of Krilof's fables, [119];
  • The Man with Three Wives, [123]
• Heidelberg Library, collection of fables in the, [59]
• Herodotus on the building of the Lesser Pyramid, [38]
• Hesiod and Homer, the mythical stories of, [26];
  • The Nightingale and the Hawk, [54], [58]
• Hindoo fables, [80]
• Horse and the Stag, The, [77]
• Humour of fables, [22], [58]
• Hyampia, the rock whence Æsop was precipitated, [35]

• Idmon, or Jadmon, Æsop's third master, [34];
  • his grandson claims reparation for Æsop's death, [36]
• Indian birth story, [141]
• Indian fables, [130]
• Ineradicable impression produced by certain fables, [32]
• Iriarte, or Yriarte, Don Tomas de, Spanish fabulist, [117]
• Italian fabulists, [129];
  • writers on fable, [61]

• Jacobs, Joseph, definition of fable by, [4];
  • on the added morals to fables, [13];
  • 'History of the Æsopic Fable,' [62];
  • Maria de France, [128]
• James's, Rev. Thomas, fables of Æsop, [9], [60], [143]
• Jameson, Mrs., relates a tradition of our Lord, [87]
• Jātakas, [14], [53], [87]
• Jewish writers on fables, [61]
• Johnson, Dr., definition of fable by, [3]