Aesop's Human Zoo

Most of us grew up with Aesop''s Fables—tales of talking animals, with morals attached. In fact, the familiar versions of the stories attributed to this enigmatic and astute storyteller are based on adaptations of Aesop by the liberated Roman slave Phaedrus. In turn, Phaedrus''s renderings have been rewritten so extensively over the centuries that they do not do justice to the originals. In Aesop'...