Aesop's Fables have been reinterpretations of the meaning of fables and changes in emphasis over time. Apollonius of Tyana, a 1st-century CE philosopher, is recorded as having said about Aesop: The Greek historian Herodotus mentioned in passing that "Aesop the fable writer" was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE. Among references in other writers, Aristophanes, in his comedy "The Wasps", represented the protagonist Philocleon as having learnt the "absurdities" of Aesop from conversation at banquets; Plato wrote in "Phaedo "that Socrates whiled away his time in prison turning some of Aesop's fables "which he knew" into
Storyteller (Silko book) most commonly anthologized stories from "Storyteller" are "Yellow Woman", "Lullaby" and "Tony's Story". It is one of her best-known works, alongside "Ceremony" and "Almanac of the Dead". The format and writing style featured in "Storyteller" would influence some of Silko's later works such as "Sacred Water" (1993) and "Rain" (1997). "Storyteller" has received several critical studies including: Storyteller (Silko book) Storyteller is a hybrid collection of poetry, short stories and family photographs compiled by Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko. It was first published in 1981 following the literary success of the novel Ceremony. "Storyteller" is a collection of short