Syntipas — (the Greek form of Sindibad or Sendabar) was an Indian philosopher and writer supposed to have lived around 100 BC, and the reputed author of a collection of tales known generally in Europe as The Story of the Seven Wise Masters .They enjoyed… … Wikipedia
Syntipas — Der Kaiser überantwortet seinen Sohn den Meistern. Kolorierte Federzeichnung aus Cod. pal. germ. 149. Das Volksbuch Die sieben weisen Meister ist eine Sammlung von fünfzehn novellenartigen Erzählungen. Aus der Antike stammend, fand es im… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fable — TOCrightA fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a moral ), which may at the… … Wikipedia
Babrius — was the author of a collection of fables written in Greek.Practically nothing is known of him. He is supposed to have been a Roman, whose gentile name was possibly Valerius, living in the East, probably in Syria, where the fables seem first to… … Wikipedia
Secundus le Silencieux — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Secundus. Secundus le Silencieux est un philosophe athénien du IIe siècle ap. J. C., fameux pour le vœu de silence d où il tire son surnom. Sommaire 1 Vie 2 … Wikipédia en Français
Disciplīna clericālis — Disciplīna clericālis, eine Sammlung von 39, aus orientalischen Quellen, bes. Syntipas, geschöpften Fabeln u. Erzählungen, mit moralischen Betrachtungen, Lebensregeln, Sprüchen etc., die von Moses aus Huesca (Petrus Alfons) verfertigt u. zunächst … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Ancient philosophy — History of Western philosophy … Wikipedia
Story within a story — A story within a story, also rendered story within a story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device (also referring to the… … Wikipedia
Aesop's Fables — or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620 ndash;560 BC), a slave and story teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop s Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving anthropomorphic… … Wikipedia
Frame story — A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a literary technique and a type of story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more… … Wikipedia