Keywords: Aesop and Cupid.JPG en from Jacques Bailly's Le Labyrinthe de Versailles illustrating the entrance to the Labyrinth of Versailles and the statues of Aesop and of Love http //www muzeocollection com/fr/reproduction-tableau/o358143-labyrinthe-versailles-apres-leclerc-bailly-jacques html Jacques Bailly ~ 1675 File Love and Aesop JPG The labyrinth had thirty-nine groups of hydraulic statuary representing the fables of Aesop At the entrance to the labyrinth were placed symbolical statues of Aesop and Cupid the latter holding in one hand a ball of thread Each of the speaking characters represented in the fable groups emitted a jet of water representing speech and each group was accompanied by an engraved plate displaying verses by the poet de Benserade PD-Art Jardins de Versailles au XVIIe siècle Aesop Versailles in art The Labyrinth of Versailles |