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Aesop Playground
Corner Of Bartow Ave And Page Ave
Staten Island
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
Aesop (c.620 BC-564 BC) is famous for his fables, metaphorical fairly tales with moral conclusions. According to Greek tradition, Aesop was born into slavery in approximately 620 BC in the ancient Greek town of Mesembria in the region of Thrace and served as a slave on the island of Samos. In time, Aesop was freed by his master, Iodman. Some accounts depict Aesop winning his freedom by outwitting his master and subsequently joining the court of King Croesus of Lydia.
