Aesop

[ ee-suhp, ee-sop ]

noun

1. c620–c560 b.c., Greek writer of fables.

Aesop

/ ˈiːsɒp /

noun

1. Aesop?620 bc564 bcMGreekWRITING: writer of fables ?620–564 bc , Greek author of fables in which animals are given human characters and used to satirize human failings

Derived Forms

• Aeˈsopian, adjective

Example Sentences

A long list of favorite books includes Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of Oz, Aesop's Fables, and The Odyssey.

From The Daily Beast

So home, and read to my wife a fable or two in Ogleby's AEsop, and so to supper, and then to prayers and to bed.

From Project Gutenberg

None of these nursery stories have come down to us, but Quintilian tells us that Aesop's fables resembled them.

From Project Gutenberg

People who prefer the Law to the Gospel are like Aesop's dog who let go of the meat to snatch at the shadow of the water.

From Project Gutenberg

Emerson ranks him with Aesop; Montalembert commends his style as a model for the imitation of princes.

From Project Gutenberg

Very likely he may have met with the fate of AEsop's abstracted astronomer, who found himself at the bottom of a well.

From Project Gutenberg