И так, совершив наш обзор баснописца и его работы, мы заключаем, как мы справедливо можем, что он является одновременно философом и поэтом, но больше поэтом, чем философом, поскольку способность воображения в значительной степени находится в его распоряжении. Далее, как говорит сэр Филип Сидни [74]: «Философ учит, но он учит неясно, так что только ученые могут понять его; то есть сказать, он учит тех, кто уже обучен. Но поэт — это пища для самых нежных желудков; поэт — это, действительно, настоящий народный философ. О чем сказки Эзопа дают хорошее доказательство; чьи милые аллегории, крадущиеся под формальными сказками о зверях, заставляют многих, более звероподобных, чем звери, начать слышать звук добродетели от этих немых ораторов».
ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ:
[72] «Собственный Эзоп ребенка»; басни, сжатые в рифме У. Дж. Линтоном. Routledge, 1887.
[73] «Басни Эзопа», переведенные с греческого преподобным Джорджем Файлером Таунсендом, магистром искусств. Routledge.
[74] «Защита поэзии».
УКАЗАТЕЛЬ.
Æsop: his era, 33;
birthplace, 33;
his masters when a slave, 33;
his mission to Delphi, 34;
his death, 35;
disparagement of his personal appearance, 36;
due to Planudes, 37;
his mate or wife, Rhodope, 38;
Lysippus' statue of Æsop, 39;
stories related of, 42;
Æsop and the figs, 44;
the pannier of bread, 45;
bought by Zanthus, 45;
Zanthus' foolish wager, 46;
Zanthus' wife restored, 46;
Æsop and the mean fellow, 47;
at play, 48;
and the author, 48;
sayings of, 49;
at the Court of Crœsus, 49;
as a fabulist, 97
Æsop and the Ass, 115
'Æsop, G. Washington,' parody on Æsop's fables, 127
Æsopian fable or apologue defined, 5; opinions regarding the, 52;
characteristics of the, 55
Ademar, 128
Agathia's epigram on Lysippus' statue of Æsop, 39
Aitken, Dr., fables by, 127
Aldus' edition of the fables, 59
Alfonso, 128
Aphthonius, definition of fable by, 2
Apologue or fable, definition of the, 1
Applicability of fables to every-day life, 58
Application of fables, 13
Arabian fables, 80
Archilochus, a writer of fables, 54
Aristotle on fables, 68
Arrogant Mule mortified, The, 75
Arwaker, Edmund, 'Truth in Fiction; or, Morality in Masquerade,' fables by, 126
Ass's Shadow, The, 79
«Собрания эзоповских басен», 55
Avienus, 55, 61
Babrius, 55, 61, 65
Bayle on Babrius, 66
Beau and the Butterfly, The, 133
Bee and the Coquette, The, 130
Bee and the Spider, The, 111
Belly and the Members, The, 54, 68; the oldest known fable, 69
Bentley, Dr., ridicules the account of Æsop's deformity, 40; on Babrius, 66
Берингтон об «Арабском или сарацинском обучении», 85
Bias, 34
Bitteux, 60
Bonus Accursius, his collection of fables, 59
'Book of Kalilah and Dimnah,' The, 80
Boothby, Sir Brooke, definition of fable by, 3
Boy and the Rainbow, The, 137
Brettinger, 60
Brown, Walter, fables by, 127
Bull and the Gnat, The, 57
Bull and Mouth, The, 141
Bussey, G. Moir, definition of fable by, 4; collection of fables, 130, 144
Caxton's collection of fables, 60
Characteristics of fables, 7
Chilo, 34
Cleobulus, 34
Colling, Mary Maria, fables by, 128
«Исповедь», из «Gesta Romanorum», 93
Cotiæum in Phrygia, the supposed birthplace of Æsop, 33
Cowper, William, combats Rousseau's views on fables, 27; his fables, 96, 127;
The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, 136
Crœsus, King of Lydia, 34
Croxall, Dr. Samuel, 16, 59, 60, 61
Davies, M.A., Rev. James, translator of Babrius, 67
Definition of fable, 1
Delphi, Æsop's mission to, 34; character of the Delphians, 34;
their punishment for the murder of Æsop, 36;
their expiation to a descendant of Idmon, 36
Demarchus, Æsop's first master, 33
Demetrius Phalereus, Æsop's fables collected by, 55, 61
Diagoras, Æsop's fables collected by, 55
Dodsley, Robert, definition of fable by, 3; on the morals and applications of fables, 17;
reason why fables esteemed in all ages, 21;
collection of fables, 60, 97, 108
Dog and the Crocodile, The, 56
Dryden's fables, 144
Eagle and the Beetle, The, 35, 76
Ebn Arabscah's collection of Arabian fables, 85
Elephant and the Fox, The, 29
Emblematical fables, 11
English writers on fables, 62; English fabulists, 129
Epigram, Agathia's, on Lysippus' statue of Æsop, 39
Epigrammatical character of Æsop's fables, 58
Escurial Library, the, 85
Eusebius, 35
Fable, definition of, 1; in history and myth, 68
Fable, writers on: Alsop, 62;
Bayle, 66;
Benfey, 61;
Bentley, 62;
Boissonade, 61;
Boyle, 62;
Crusius, 61;
Davies, 67;
Du Meril, 61;
Ellis, 62;
Fausboll, 61;
Gaston Paris, 61;
Gitlbauer, 61;
Hervieux, 61;
Jacobs, 62;
James, 62;
Jannelli, 61;
Landsberger, 62;
Lewis, 67;
Mall, 61;
Menas, 66;
Meziriac, 61;
Mueller, 61;
Neveletus, 66;
Oesterley, 61;
Perotti, 61;
Pithou, 61;
Robert, 61;
Rhys-Davids, 62;
Rutherford, 62;
Townsend, 62;
Tyrwhitt, 62;
Vavassor, 66;
Wase, 62
Fables, characteristics of, 7; morals of, 7;
rational, emblematical, and mixed, 11;
La Fontaine on, 13;
Montaigne on Æsop's, 14;
Rousseau on, 25, 27;
Cowper on, 27;
Plato advises the use of, 26;
Aristotle on, 68;
in Holy Scripture, 54
Fables, collections of Æsopian: Accursius, 59;
Aldus, 59;
Avienus, 55;
Babrius, 55;
Caxton, 60;
Croxall, 59;
Diagoras, 55;
Dodsley, 60;
Faerno, 59;
James, 60;
L'Estrange, 59;
Neveletus, 59;
Ogilby, 60;
Phædrus, 55;
Phalereus, 55;
Planudes, 37;
Stephens, 59;
Willans, 60
Fables quoted— Æsop and the Ass, 115
The Arrogant Mule mortified, 75
The Ass's Shadow, 79
The Beau and Butterfly, 133
The Bee and the Coquette, 130
The Bee and the Spider, 111
The Belly and the Members, 69
The Boy and the Rainbow, 137
The Bull and Mouth, 141
The Bull and the Gnat, 57
Confession, 93
The Dog and the Crocodile, 56
The Eagle and the Beetle, 35, 76
The Elephant and the Fox, 29
The Farmer, Horseman and Pedestrian, 131
The Flea and the Elephant, 142
The Fox and the Crow, 31
The Fox and the Hedgehog, 73
The Fox and the Stork, 99
The Frogs and Jupiter, 74
The Geese, 121
The Greedy and Ambitious Cat, 81
The Green Man, 140
The Horse and the Stag, 77
Indian Birth Story, 141
The Land of the Halt, 132
The Leaves and the Roots, 120
The Magpie and Stump, 140
The Man and his Goose, 10
The Man and the Lion, 9
The Mastiff and his Puppy, 126
Mercury and the Sculptor, 57
The Miser and Plutus, 106
The Miser and the Magpie, 109
The Nightingale, the Cuckoo, and the Ass, 142
The Nightingale and the Hawk, 54, 58
The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, 135, 136
The Old Woodcutter and Death, 58
Of Perfect Life, 90
The Piper turned Fisherman, 76
The Shepherd and the Nightingale, 116
The Snake and the Hedgehog, 56
Solomon's Ghost, 116
The Toad and the Ephemeron, 110
The Trees in Search of a King, 71
The Trooper and his Armour, 113
The Two Thrushes, 118
The Viper and the File, 102
The Wolf and the Shepherds, 55
The Wolves and the Sheep, 78
Fables, writers of: Addison, 129;
Ademar, 128;
Aitken, 127;
Alfonso, 128;
Armoult, 129;
Arwaker, 126;
Avian, 128;
Babrius, 65;
Bertola, 129;
Boisard, 129;
Bondi, 129;
Brown, 127;
Chemnitzer, 129;
Clasio, 129;
Colling, 128;
Coyne, 130;
Crudeli, 129;
Dmitriev, 129;
Dodsley, 108;
Dryden, 144;
Faerno, 59;
Fénelon, 128;
Florian, 129;
Maria de France, 127;
Gaspey, 127;
Gay, 103;
Gellert, 129;
Gentleman, 127;
Ginguene, 129;
Glinka, 129;
Godolphin, 128;
Goldsmith, 129;
Goncharov, 129;
Grillo, 129;
Hagedorn, 129;
Hall-Stevenson, 126;
Henryson, 130;
Jauffret, 129;
Krilof, 120;
La Fontaine, 97;
Lessing, 115;
Le Grand, 129;
Lichtner, 129;
Lomonosov, 129;
Moore, 126;
Nicolai, 129;
Nivernois, 128;
Northcote, 112;
Passeroni, 129;
Perego, 129;
Percival, 130;
Pfeffel, 129;
Phædrus, 63;
Pignotti, 129;
Pilpay, 80;
Planudes, 37;
Poggio, 128;
Polidori, 129;
Prior, 129;
Prosser, 128;
Ramsay, 126;
Rankine, 130;
Roberti, 129;
Romulus, 128;
Rossi, 129;
Rowe, 127;
Rufus, 128;
Samaniego, 129;
Staite, 127;
Steele, 126;
Sumarakov, 129;
Trimmer, 128;
Vanbrugh, 129;
Westmacott, 127;
Wilkie, 127;
Wilson, 127;
Winter, 130;
Yriarte, 117
Fabulists as censors, 19
Faerno's, Gabriele, one hundred fables, 59
Farmer, Horseman, and Pedestrian, The, 131
Feast of the Sages, The, 75
Fénelon, the Abbé, 128
Figs, Æsop and the stolen, 44
Flea and the Elephant, The, 142
Florian, 129; The Bee and the Coquette, 130
Fox and the Crow, The, 31
Fox and the Hedgehog, The, 73
Fox and the Stork, The, 99
France, Maria de, 127
French fabulists, 128
French writers on fable, 61
Frogs and Jupiter, The, 74
Furia, Francisco de, on Babrius, 66
Gaspey's fables, 127
Gāthas, or moral verses, 14
Gay, John, 17; his fables, 96;
sketch of, 103;
lines of Gay which have become widely popular, 104;
Pope's epitaph on, 105
Geese, The, 121
Gellert, 129; The Land of the Halt, 132
Gentleman's, Francis, royal fables, 127; The Beau and Butterfly, 133
German fabulists, 129; writers on fable, 61
'Gesta Romanorum,' 89; a rich storehouse for the poets, 95
Godolphin, Mary, her fables, 128
Goldsmith on L'Estrange as a writer, 61
Grecian heroes and gods, 1
Greedy and Ambitious Cat, The, 81
Green Man, The, 140
Холл-Стивенсона, Джона, «Басни для взрослых джентльменов», 126
Harrison's, J. Henry, translation of Krilof's fables, 119; The Man with Three Wives, 123
Heidelberg Library, collection of fables in the, 59
Herodotus on the building of the Lesser Pyramid, 38
Hesiod and Homer, the mythical stories of, 26; The Nightingale and the Hawk, 54, 58
Hindoo fables, 80
Horse and the Stag, The, 77
Humour of fables, 22, 58
Hyampia, the rock whence Æsop was precipitated, 35
Idmon, or Jadmon, Æsop's third master, 34; his grandson claims reparation for Æsop's death, 36
Indian birth story, 141
Indian fables, 130
Ineradicable impression produced by certain fables, 32
Iriarte, or Yriarte, Don Tomas de, Spanish fabulist, 117
Italian fabulists, 129; writers on fable, 61
Jacobs, Joseph, definition of fable by, 4; on the added morals to fables, 13;
«История эзоповской басни», 62;
Maria de France, 128
James's, Rev. Thomas, fables of Æsop, 9, 60, 143
Jameson, Mrs., relates a tradition of our Lord, 87
Jātakas, 14, 53, 87
Jewish writers on fables, 61
Johnson, Dr., definition of fable by, 3
Krilof, or Krilov, Ivan Andreivitch, Russian fabulist, 19, 96, 97; characteristics of his fables, 119;
sketch of his life, 120;
Ralston's translation, 119;
Harrison's translation, 119;
The Leaves and the Roots, 120;
The Geese, 121;
The Man with Three Wives, 123
Lady fabulists, 127
La Fontaine, Jean de, on fables, 13, 17; the morals of his fables, 27;
his fable of The Old Woodcutter and Death, 58;
his fables, 96, 144;
sketch of, 97;
Matthews' translation, 99
La Motte, 17, 60
Land of the Halt, The, 132
Leaves and the Roots, The, 120
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim: his fables, 96, 97;
sketch of, 115;
his fables of Æsop and the Ass, 115;
The Shepherd and the Nightingale, 116;
Solomon's Ghost, 116
Lessons taught by fables, 25
L'Estrange, Sir Roger, 16, 59, 60; as a writer, 61;
his version of Æsop, 125
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, edited first English edition of Babrius in the original Greek text, 67
Locman, the Oriental fabulist, 37, 80, 85, 86
«Басня для критиков» Лоуэлла, 145
Lysippus' statue of Æsop, 39
«Басни в песнях» лорда Литтона, 145
Magpie and Stump, The, 140
Man and his Goose, The, 10
Man and the Lion, The, 9
«Басня о пчелах» Мандевиля, 144
Mastiff and his Puppy, The, 126
Men loath to apply the moral of a fable to their own case, 22
Menas, M. Minoides, discovers a copy of Babrius, 66
Menenius recites the fable of The Belly and the Members, 69
Mercury and the Sculptor, 57
Mercury bestows the invention of the apologue on Æsop, 43
Miser and the Magpie, The, 109
Miser and Plutus, The, 106
Mixed fables, 11
Modern fabulists, 96, 108, 115, 125
Montaigne on Æsop's fables, 14
Moore's, Edward, 'Fables for the Fair Sex,' 126; The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, 135
«Политические басни» Томаса Мура, 145
Moral and application of fables, 13; whether the moral should be placed at the beginning or end of a fable, 16
Neveletus' collection of fables, 59; on Babrius, 66
Nightingale and the Glow-worm, The, 135, 136
Nightingale and the Hawk, The, 54, 58
Nightingale, Cuckoo, and Ass, The, 142
Nivernois, 128; The Farmer, Horseman, and Pedestrian, 131
Northcote, R.A., James: his fables of The Elephant and the Fox, 29;
The Trooper and his Armour, 113;
his fables, 96, 97, 112;
sketch of his life, 112
«О совершенной жизни», из «Gesta Romanorum», 90
Old Woodcutter and Death, The, 58
Parables, 5, 6; Nathan and the ewe lamb, 6;
of the Gospels, 6
Parodies on Æsop's fables, 127
Pater, Walter, definition of fable by, 2
Pathos in fables, 58
«Совершенная жизнь, О», из «Gesta Romanorum», 90
Periander, 34
Persian fables, 80
Phædrus, 3, 17, 55; his view of the origin and purpose of fables, 20, 26;
on Æsop's statue, 39;
sketch of his life, 63;
prologue to his third book, 64
Philostratus on a picture of Æsop and the geniuses of fable, 40; mythical account of the youthful Æsop, 43
Pictures illustrating fables, 143
Pilpay's fables, 80
Piper turned Fisherman, The, 76
Pittacus, 34
Planudes confounds Locman with Æsop, 37; his stories of Æsop, 42
Plato advises the use of fables, 26; citation from the 'Phædo' of, 59
Plutarch on Æsop at the Court of Crœsus, 49; on Hesiod's fable of the nightingale, 54
Poggio, 128
Pope's epitaph on Gay, 105
Prosser's, Mrs., fables, 128
Quintilian recommends the learning of fables, 26
Ralston's, W. R. S., translation of Krilof's fables, 119; The Geese, 121
Ramsay's, Allan, fables, 126
Rankine's, Professor W. J. Macquorn, fables on well-known signboards, 130; The Magpie and Stump, 140;
The Green Man, 140;
The Bull and Mouth, 141
Rational fables, 11
Reflection, the, appended to fables, 15
Remark, the, appended to fables, 15
Rhodope, the reputed wife of Æsop, 38; said to have built the Lesser Pyramid, 38
Richer, 60
Romulus, 128
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, on fables, 25, 27
Rowe, Rev. Henry: his fables, 127
Rufus, 128
Russian fabulists, 129
Scandinavian heroes and gods, 1
Seven sages of Greece, the, 34
Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' fable of The Belly and the Members from, 69
Shepherd and the Nightingale, The, 116
Sidney, Sir Philip, on Æsop's fables, 145
Smart's, Christopher, translation of Phædrus, 64
Snake and the Hedgehog, The, 56
Socrates and Æsop's fables, 59
Solomon's Ghost, 116
Solon, 34; at the Court of Crœsus, 49
Spanish fabulists, 129
Staite's, W. E., fables, 127
Steele's definition of fable, 4; fable of The Mastiff and his Puppy, 126
Stephens', Robert, edition of the fables, 59
Stories related of Æsop, 43
Successful villain, the, in the fable, 28
Suidas quoted, 59
Swift quoted, 23
'Tatler,' the, quoted, 4
Temple, Sir William, on Æsop, 60
Thales, 34
Toad and the Ephemeron, The, 110
Trees in Search of a King, The, the oldest fable in Holy Scripture, 71
Trimmer's, Mrs., fables of Æsop, 128
Trooper and his Armour, The, 113
Two Thrushes, The, 118
Tyrwhitt on Babrius, 66
Universality of the effect of fables, 28
Vanbrugh, Sir John, 129
Vavassor on Babrius, 66
Viper and the File, The, 102
Westmacott's, Charles, 'Fables for Mankind,' 127, 143
Wilkie, D.D., William: his fables, 127;
The Boy and the Rainbow, 127, 137
Willans', Leonard, collection of fables, 60
Уилсон, Шеридан, «Басни Бата», 127
Wolf and the Lamb, The, 58
Wolf and the Shepherds, The, 55
Wolves and the Sheep, The, 78
Xanthus, or Zanthus, Æsop's second master, 33; his foolish wager, 46;
his wife restored, 46
Yriarte, or Iriarte, Don Tomas de, Spanish fabulist, 117; characteristics of his fables, 117;
The Two Thrushes, 118
Эллиот Сток, 62, Патерностер Роу, Лондон, E.C.
Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic and variant spellings have been retained.
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