What is the background of the writing of Aesop's Fables?

Aesop's Fables: the original book was called "Aesop's Tales", and its stories were circulated in the folklore, and became a book in the third century B.C. It is said that the stories were made by a black Ethiopian slave. It is rumored that the stories were written by a black Ethiopian slave, and that "Aesop" is a homonym of "Ethiopia".

Aesop, born in the 6th century B.C., was an ancient Greek allegorist who, according to legend, was a slave who was freed and then killed for "blasphemy".

Aesop's fables are satirical stories that circulated in ancient Greek folklore, and were processed by later generations to become the Aesop's Fables that are now in circulation. From the point of view of the work, the time span is large, the tendency of each piece is not exactly the same, it is presumed that it is not a person a moment of work,, can be regarded as the ancient Greeks in a fairly long period of history of the collective creation. Aesop, may be one of the important authors.

Aesop's fables, from the folk, so the social stratum of people's lives and thoughts and feelings have been reflected more prominently. Such as the rich greed and selfishness of the revelation; the evil cruel nature of the whip; the labor to create wealth affirmation; the social inequality of the attack; on the cowardice, laziness of the satire; on the courage to fight the praise. There are also many fables that teach people how to live in the world, how to behave, how to distinguish between right and wrong, good and bad, and how to become wise and intelligent. Aesop's fables are an overview of the life and struggles of the ancient Greeks, refining and summarizing, is a spiritual heritage of the ancient Greeks left to future generations.