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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

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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

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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

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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

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