Aesop's Fables second that it appealed to children by having the animals speak in character, the Lion in regal style, the Owl with 'pomp of phrase'; thirdly because it gathers into three sections fables from ancient sources, those that are more recent (including some borrowed from Jean de la Fontaine), and new stories of his own invention. Thomas Bewick's editions from Newcastle upon Tyne are equally distinguished for the quality of his woodcuts. The first of those under his name was the "Select Fables in Three Parts" published in 1784. This was followed in 1818 by "The Fables of Aesop and Others".
Eponymous archon as king rather than Archon. In 753 BC the perpetual archonship by the Eupatridae was limited to 10 years (the "decennial archons"): After 683 BC the archonship was limited to one year. Archons resided in the Prytaneum. Eponymous archon In ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, "epōnymos archōn"). "Archon" (ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες, "archontes") means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office, while "eponymous" means that he gave his name to the year in which he held office, much like the Roman dating by consular