Similarities of themes, stories and legends in

Aesop is a fabulist that his name is affiliated with animals’ fiction stories and he is known as the father of fable in the West. Although there is no accurate information about his life، the remained anecdotes of him are still read by many people. Most of 208 Aesop’s stores are classified as fables (animal allegory) in which each animal is the symbol of one type of people. Aesop’s legends relate to the sixth century BC. The characters of Aesop''s Fables include animals، plants، humans and gods. Generally، at the end of most anecdotes in which the main characters are an animals some pieces of advices are expressed. Some themes and contents of Saadi’s works are seen exactly in Aesop or are compatible with words and phrases in them. This shows the similarities and interactions of two writers. Since the virtues and villainy are rooted in the nature of human being and are nearly accepted in all cultures and languages، therefore most of concepts that are taught in Aesop are in Saadi’s works. Concepts in Saadi’s works like Aesop''s legends are moral virtues and villainy. On the whole، among Aesop’s anecdotes، 39 ones have similar themes that are comparable with Saadi’s poems. The purpose of the present paper therefore is to compare Aesop’s tales and Saadi’s poetry in order to find similar themes and concepts.