The Old Man and his Sons

Aesop's fable
VisualArtwork literary_work Q19897976
The Old Man and his Sons
Jacob Gole (Life time: 1660-1737) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Old Man and his Sons

Summary

The Old Man and his Sons is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Old Man and his Sons authored Aesop[3].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's image is recorded as Pater et Filii Litigantes.jpg[4].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's genre is recorded as fable[6].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's Commons category is recorded as The Old Man and his Sons[7].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[8].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's catalog code is recorded as 103[9].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012l1dmj[10].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's has edition or translation is recorded as Les Enfants désunis du Laboureur[11].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's has edition or translation is recorded as Father and Sons[12].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's has edition or translation is recorded as The Father and his Sons[13].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's has edition or translation is recorded as The Bundle of Sticks[14].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's has edition or translation is recorded as A Father and his Sons[15].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's has edition or translation is recorded as Q130752588[16].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's title is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Γεωργού παίδες στασιάζοντες'}[17].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Father and His Sons'}[18].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's Perry Index is recorded as 53[19].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's different from is recorded as The Farmer and his Sons[20].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's derivative work is recorded as The Old Man and the Three Young Men[21].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's derivative work is recorded as The Old Man and his Children[22].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's narrative motif is recorded as the quarreling sons and the bundle of twigs[23].
  • The Old Man and his Sons's form of creative work is recorded as short story[24].

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Works and Contributions

The Old Man and his Sons authored Aesop[3].

Why It Matters

The Old Man and his Sons ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Babrius and Phaedrus. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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