Title: The Frogs Who Desired a King

Title: The Frogs Who Desired a King Title Record # 2799856
Author: Aesop
Date: date unknown
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Aesop's Fables
Series Number: 44
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: Ancient Greek

Note: Listed on the Perry Index as "The Frogs ask Zeus for a King". Also known as "Jupiter and the Frogs".

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Year	Language	Title
1890^ⓘTranslated by unknown hands	English	The Frogs Desiring a King
1909^ⓘTranslated by Joseph Jacobs	English	The Frogs Desiring a King [as by Æsop^?Aesop ]
1912^ⓘTranslated by V. S. Vernon Jones	English	The Frogs Asking for a King
2005^ⓘTranslated by unknown hands	English	The Frogs Who Desired a King
2015^ⓘTranslated by Olivia and Robert Temple	English	The Frogs Who Demanded a King

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Folk-Lore and Fable	1909-00-00	ed. Charles W. Eliot, L.L.D.	P. F. Collier & Son (The Harvard Classics #17)			361	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fairy and Wonder Tales	1912-00-00	ed. William Patten	P. F. Collier & Son (The Young Folks' Shelf of Books #1)			514	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Aesop's Fables	2005-08-23	Aesop	Tantor Audio				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon	2015-02-26	Aesop	Penguin Books (Penguin Little Black Classics #61)	978-0-14-139844-0	£0.49^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Complete Harvard Classics	2020-11-18	uncredited	Moon Classics				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Aesop's Fables	date unknown	Aesop	Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics)	978-1-59308-062-4	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxiv+ 269	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Arthur Rackham

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