The Fabulist

"The fabulist Aesop, if there ever was such a person, was an ugly son of a bitch," writes Peter Kohler. "Some compared him to a turnip, others to a pot or a jar for food or a goose egg. He was born with several physical deformities, one of which prevented speech. When we first meet him in world literature he is a slave; a very hard-working and pious slave; yet his cleverness, which was beyond compare, made him ill-suited to have as a servant."  Read more...