V knigu voshli basni Ezopa - legendarnogo drevnegrecheskogo raba - v perevodah Lva Nikolaevicha Tolstogo. Ezop proslavilsya tem, chto slagal korotkie istorii pro zhivotnyh, v kotoryh oblichal chelovecheskie poroki. Prichyom delal eto tak masterski, chto v narode s lyogkostyu uznavali prototip geroya.
Basni Ezopa obleteli ves mir i byli perevedeny na raznye yazyki, a stroki iz nih stali krylatymi. L.N. Tolstoy sdelal svoy perevod ezopovskih istoriy - maksimalno priblizhennyy k originalu, no ponyatnyy derevenskim detyam, kotoryh obuchal pisatel. Basni ne teryayut svoey aktualnosti i segodnya, ved Ezop podnimal v nih «vechnye» temy. A perevod L.N. Tolstogo delaet nashe izdanie unikalnym.
Risunki rossiyskogo grafika, karikaturista i illyustratora Mihaila Aleksandrovicha Skobeleva.
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Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and history. Among others, his translations include Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Plato's Republic, and Herodotus's The Histories. He lives in Greece.