Aesop

[ee-suh p, ee-sop]

noun

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

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Contemporary Examples of aesop

A long list of favorite books includes Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of Oz, Aesop's Fables, and The Odyssey.
Gabrielle Giffords' Gunman: Jared Lee Loughner
Eve Conant
January 8, 2011

Historical Examples of aesop

Seven centuries elapsed before the next notice is found of the Fables of Aesop.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
There is even reason to believe that Aesop is himself a Fable.
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks
Jean de La Fontaine
I wish to show you the statue of Kryloff, the Russian Aesop, as he is called.
Fred Markham in Russia
W. H. G. Kingston
Phaedrus followed Aesop, but, as he affirms, not slavishly; i. prol.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors
George Middleton
Aesop proceeds, Thales seemed to imply that he should soon grow old.
Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch

British Dictionary definitions for aesop

Aesop

noun

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

Derived FormsAesopian or Aesopic, adjective

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Word Origin and History for aesop

Aesop

Greek Aisopos, semi-legendary 6c. B.C.E. fablist.