Fable fables, which are attributed to the legendary Aesop, supposed to have been a slave in ancient Greece around 550 BCE. When Babrius set down fables from the "Aesopica" in verse for a Hellenistic Prince "Alexander," he expressly stated at the head of Book II that this type of "myth" that Aesop had introduced to the "sons of the Hellenes" had been an invention of "Syrians" from the time of "Ninos" (personifying Nineveh to Greeks) and Belos ("ruler"). Epicharmus of Kos and Phormis are reported as having been among the first to invent comic fables. Many familiar fables of Aesop include
The Translation of Ancient Greek Drama in All the Languages of the World F.R. de Oliveira and K. Georgosopoulos. The Translation of Ancient Greek Drama in All the Languages of the World The Translation of Ancient Greek Drama in All the Languages of the World () is a collection of lectures and essays on the translation of Ancient Greek drama, edited by Helena Patrikiou and published in 1998. The book includes work presented in October 1995 as part of a convention on the translation of Greek drama, in which nearly 40 scholars and translators participated. The compilation features lectures and essays by Giorgos Aggelinaras, P. Mavromoustakou, Christina Symvoulidou, , , A. Feldhuns, G.