Alphabetario Me ton Aisopo

Abstract

This is a clever oversized pamphlet of some 24 pages. After a title-page it jumps right into the first of twenty-four fables, one to a page. Omega lands on the inside of the back-cover. On each page, the appropriate letter is displayed at the top and is highlighted throughout that page's text. The letter generally begins the name of one of the main animals in the fable for that letter and page. Thus the first fable is Ho Aetos kai ho Georgos, the eagle and the farmer. The colors are strong; they seem air-brushed. My favorite illustration is of the mosquito, Kounoupi, on 11. He has his helmet and goggles on and is ready to dive-bomb the poor lion. Another great illustration has a wolf looking straight up, with fork and cooking pot in his two hands (21). Is he waiting for the dog on the roof to fall asleep and fall? I do not recognize the Jason story under I (10). This book is fun!