Aesop's Fables, Part 228 summary
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In Demades and His Fable, Demades interrupts his neglected speech at Athens with a story that immediately draws the Assembly’s attention. When listeners ask about Demeter, he turns their curiosity into a rebuke for preferring fables to the public matters that require their attention.
What happens
- Demades speaks to the Assembly at Athens, but the audience barely listens.
- He offers to tell an Aesop fable, and everyone pays attention.
- His story brings Demeter, a swallow, and an eel to an unbridged river; the bird flies across, and the eel swims.
- Demades pauses, prompting listeners to ask what happens to Demeter.
- He says Demeter is angry because they attend to fables instead of public affairs.
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What to notice
The question shows that the story captures attention where the speech does not. It gives Demades the opening for his rebuke.
Quick check
Why does Demades say Demeter is angry?
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