Aesop

[ ee-suhp, ee-sop ]

/ ˈi səp, ˈi sɒp /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Aesop

Aeschines, Aeschylus, Aesculapian, Aesculapius, Aesir, Aesop, Aesopian, Aesop's fables, aesthesia, aesthete, aesthetic

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How to use Aesop in a sentence

Similar to Aesop’s fable of the fox and the grapes, the constant failure to “catch up and overtake the West” pushes many to conclude that “the West” is not for them.
Russia's Problems Go Far Beyond Putin|Yaroslav Hrytsak|April 5, 2022|Time
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Among his most stunning works was The Lion & The Mouse, an adaptation of the Aesop fable which in 2010 won the Randolph Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustration.
‘A Cultural Touchstone.’ Author Jason Reynolds Remembers Iconic Illustrator Jerry Pinkney|Jason Reynolds|October 28, 2021|Time

A long list of favorite books includes Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of Oz, Aesop's Fables, and The Odyssey.
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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.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
None of these nursery stories have come down to us, but Quintilian tells us that Aesop's fables resembled them.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
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.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians|Martin Luther
Emerson ranks him with Aesop; Montalembert commends his style as a model for the imitation of princes.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln|John G. Nicolay
Very likely he may have met with the fate of AEsop's abstracted astronomer, who found himself at the bottom of a well.
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for Aesop

Aesop

/ (ˈiːsɒp) /

noun

?620–564 bc, Greek author of fables in which animals are given human characters and used to satirize human failings

Derived forms of Aesop

Aesopian or Aesopic, adjective

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