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Aesop's Fables · Chapter

The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun explained

The Frogs, fearing the Sun's marriage and the potential for more suns to worsen their plight, cry out to Jupiter in protest.

What happens

The Frogs, fearing the Sun's marriage and the potential for more suns to worsen their plight, cry out to Jupiter in protest.

Themes in this chapter

  • Wisdom and Foolishness

    The Frogs' complaint highlights their foolishness in fearing a hypothetical future rather than addressing present troubles.

Characters to notice

  • The Frogs

    They complain to Jupiter about the Sun's impending marriage.

  • Jupiter

    He is disturbed by the Frogs' noise and asks them what is wrong.

Key passages

  • “The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and begets other Suns?”

    The Sun already causes us enough harm by drying up our marshes; if he has children, they will only make things worse.

    The Frogs express their fear of multiplied suffering.

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