Tag Archives: Aesop
‘Bebop with Aesop’
Canterbury Woods Elementary School’s Summer Institute for the Arts performs masked drama: In the school gym, students wearing animal masks rehearsed for a half-hour performance of the musical play “Bebop with Aesop” by playwrights Michael and Jill Gallina and based … Continue reading
Aesop in the News
Ape research shows similarities to one of Aesop’s Fables: Orangutans are bright enough to use water as a tool, a finding that researchers say is straight out of Aesop’s Fables. Five orangutans at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany were each … Continue reading
Aesop Deconstructs Himself
After the episode recounted previously, the students chide Xanthos for what had happened to them. Xanthos responds that it was not his fault, but Aesop’s. To prove it, he decides to have another dinner-party and to give his shopping instructions … Continue reading
Aesop on the Postmodern Priority of Language? (I Speak Tongue-in-Cheek)
In the G tradition of the life of Aesop (ch. 51), Aesop’s master Xanthos decides to host a dinner for his students. He instructs Aesop to prepare some food that is useful for life. Aesop buys tongues–all tongues–and in each … Continue reading
