<P> The phrase first appears in writing in Antoine Galland 's Les Mille et une nuits ( 1704 -- 1717 ) as Sésame , ouvre - toi ( English , `` Sesame , open ! '' ) . No earlier oral or written version of the story is known in any language . </P>
<P> The phrase first appears in writing in Antoine Galland 's Les Mille et une nuits ( 1704 -- 1717 ) as Sésame , ouvre - toi ( English , `` Sesame , open ! '' ) . No earlier oral or written version of the story is known in any language . </P>
where does the phrase open sesame come from
where does the phrase open sesame come from
Antoine Galland 's Les Mille et une nuits ( 1704 -- 1717 )
Antoine Galland 's Les Mille et une nuits ( 1704 -- 1717 )