Who was Aesop?

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Who was Aesop? In this "Profiles in History" Segment about the famous storyteller and creator of fables, Aesop, Baba the Storyteller delves into who he was, where he was from, and when he lived, to answer some of your most pressing questions about him.
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@TheWhiteLion5254 9 ай бұрын

What's amazing is that while he was a slave he still was one of the best influential storytellers of all time. I truly admire the man.

@Master-Works 5 ай бұрын

Not all of his stories were great. Some of them have broken morals

@Manatti06 Ай бұрын

@@Master-Works elaborate

@Master-Works Ай бұрын

@@Manatti06 Well, there was that tale about the Bat, and the one with the ants

@cenobiten Жыл бұрын

my dad always qoutes aesops fables but i really didnt know much about him before this. thanks for sharing :)

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

Your dad must be a very wise man.

@Kavaindia 14 күн бұрын

My dad bought me Aesop tales when I was about 10, I like to think, that my gyro was set right by that one book.

@doreenwatson-read 4 ай бұрын

Just goes to show you that having confidence in oneself will ensure your freedom. how sounds like an amazing fella. imagine sitting down at the pub and listening to him whilst having a drink

@AesopsTeachings 7 ай бұрын

A fascinating story well told. What we at Æsop's Teachings find particularly interesting is the idea that the fables might originate from ancient Mesopotamia or even before, thus spanning many millenia of oral tradition.

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I've been interested in Aesop's fables for a long time

@terrytoland2543 15 күн бұрын

Informative and well told. Thank you!

@user-ho7qm6sf3o Ай бұрын

I admire your very simple yet compacted information.

@freekingawwsome 9 ай бұрын

@BABA THE STORY TELLER thank you for your teachings master , with information , knowledge , intellect, respect, gives the mind power

@devindemond1972 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant narration!!

@John-mf6ky Ай бұрын

1:28 I can't help but think of a classical Neo style character when I think of Aesop. I also can't also help but think of Patrick Henry. "Give me liberty, or give me death"

@roachdoggjr1940 8 ай бұрын

"We wuz Æsop n shit."

@essveekaye Жыл бұрын

Long after the original aesop passed, more tales were told. Only written in greek and latin hundreds of years later. A period of around 500 years collects the bulk of these works. Possibly three or four authors, scribes, monks could have attributed to the collating of the main corpus. Marcus Manilius, who wrote the Astronomica, amongst other astrological, mathmatical and poetic works. Was also a monk who could translate greek, latin. He has been thought to be the last modern Aesop. He lived around the first century.

@pauldonnelly910 2 жыл бұрын

Can't say how likely it is that the medieval scholar accurately described a guy who'd been dead for 15 centuries.

@Rustyfork_25 Жыл бұрын

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

@Rustyfork I agree. But I still wonder, was "Aesop's last fable" what really happened with his death? It's mentioned here that he was thrown over a cliff, and that he called their city trash, but did the Delphians actually throw him over because he was irritating them with countless fables? "Aesop's last fable" didn't have him calling their city trash

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

See my above reply to Rustyfork, what's your response to that?

@greyngreyer5 11 ай бұрын

@@alvexok5523 Good catch. A whole slew of anecdotes follows a person's last moments, some are erroneous. Some are not. THis might have been a way to put some spice into Aesop's life, similar to Diogenes (the "Plato's man" anecdote is a false one, for example)

@Killa_G5 Жыл бұрын

This is going to help for my English Literary Project. Thank you!

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

Please let me know how your project is received. I would love knowing that I helped someone succeed.

@henrydavis9953 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@BabatheStoryteller 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch.

@carlosoliveros580 2 ай бұрын

Great story, thanks

@MrAesop0 Жыл бұрын

My last name is actually Aesop..I learnt most of the stories of him but I never knew that Aesop means Ethiop that is something I learnt..thank you so much about the video

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@Saur-One Жыл бұрын

No. Aesop means in Greek the man who sees destiny.

@MrAesop0 Жыл бұрын

@@Saur-One history connects us all.. we can deny that ... Thanks for that

@andkontos 4 ай бұрын

Thats because Aesop doesn't mean Ethiop. The only source for this is, as the video described, a Byzantine guy that lived over 1200 years after Aesop died. Before that, every description of him details him as straight up ugly and that he was constantly made fun of for it. But yeah there is no description of him being black. I'm not saying that he was not, but saying that his name means Ethiop is straight up not true. Source : I am Greek and a historian.

@jasontucher7011 Жыл бұрын

I have heard AEsop's fables handed down by mouth for generations and always reflected on their wisdom. By good luck I found a copy of them at the store today and read them like gospel. It amazes me (and it would my whole family) that AEsop was a brother and no one I know knew. That endears him more considering.

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you openness and willingness to explore Aesop's world of wisdom.

@alvexok5523 Жыл бұрын

@@BabatheStoryteller I've wondered for a long time if "Aesop's last fable" was really how Aesop died

@brothernet 8 ай бұрын

very entertaining ❤

@Thepurplesumarai Жыл бұрын

Never knew cancel culture would go waaaay waaay back.

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

You made me smile. Thanks.

@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi- 11 ай бұрын

It is said in ancient times: "Talk shit, get thrown off a cliff."

@femiqueen5855 2 жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Aesop was an amazing man

@BabatheStoryteller 2 жыл бұрын

I think so as well. Thanks for watching.

@richardcollier1912 Жыл бұрын

Aesop must have been feeling the effects of those fumes that permeated the Oracular structure from the fissures below. Either that, or he was really sick and tired of being politely circumspect all the time.

@Kavaindia 14 күн бұрын

Aesop was Aesop because at the critical moment he could think of trash, floating on water, and not be overawed by tradition.

@user-jm7se9cf3u Жыл бұрын

Wisdom is fleeting it seems if he used the same tact with the delphians as he did with the king he wouldnt have been thrown overboard.

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

+A 1 I cannot disagree with you on that point.

@PKE20 Жыл бұрын

Thank you if you didn't make this channel I would have failed my english exam

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the affirmation Cynthia.

@guyjohnson3775 Жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻🌿

@greyngreyer5 11 ай бұрын

It's not really any more relevant to me than what curiosity would warrant, but do we know if he was black, or was he called Aesop because of his resemblance to an "Ethiop"? I recall more such famous people being named after a stereotype even though they are not originally from the associated region. I mean in my country we have nicknames like "Dutch" or "Turk" colloquially, especially in villages (I come from a village so I heard this a lot)

@ndingo Жыл бұрын

It wasn't pub/club is was a engagement party when I was 18 in a hired hall bur didn't like any alcoholic drink

@robloxtwins8416 2 жыл бұрын

Hi baba

@BabatheStoryteller 2 жыл бұрын

HI!

@SM-ud3xy Жыл бұрын

Evidence is avery light, I'm.sure I heard he was indo aryan slave from southern Russia

@marczimmerman8524 Жыл бұрын

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@mrawesome1688 4 ай бұрын

Dude Ethiop was a greek word to begin with. It wasn't a greek corruption. Also Aesop and Ethiop are so far from being similar words. Also gow ye look like or where he was from is unknown so it's a bit presumptuous to present information like this as facts.

@bevgrant5672 5 ай бұрын

Mortisha help to find favor in God

@Master-Works 5 ай бұрын

Some of his stories morals was either to grossly oversimplified or bad

@Newtonheath77 Жыл бұрын

Does it effin matter what colour he was ffs. Why is everything about race or gender

@HelenA-jv6yn 8 ай бұрын

Aesop is Ehiopiyan.

@HelenA-jv6yn 8 ай бұрын

I mean Ethiopiyan

@andkontos 4 ай бұрын

@@HelenA-jv6yn He was not but you are free to believe that if you want

@ThaiSoup39 Жыл бұрын

EE-Sop, FFS KREE-SUSS, FFS!

@roachdoggjr1940 8 ай бұрын

Æsop Æ sounds like the a in "Batman has an ass that's half as fast as Flash."

@sp4rtyon Жыл бұрын

Was Aesop Jesus?

@BabatheStoryteller Жыл бұрын

… or was Jesus Aesop? 🤔

@imt1217 7 ай бұрын

aesop was greek. you should try finding your own in africa and stop appropriating culture. just because you read the word slave doesnt mean its directed to your kind.

@imt1217 7 ай бұрын

of course he was black, cleopatra was black, julius caesar was black, everyone was black and built the world, except the africans. lmao

@imt1217 7 ай бұрын

white slaves were more common in turkey...just saying.

@brothernet 8 ай бұрын

very entertaining ❤