Aesopic
- a variation of Aesopian.
Example Sentences
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Laymen like his cheerful, chatty style, free from scientific doubletalk, full of Aesopic richness of anecdote, character sketches in which many a reader may recognize himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Aesopic Fables, then, are the oldest representative that we have of the literary art of primitive man.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
As Prof. Rhys-Davids remarks, the Indian form gives a plausible motive for the masquerade which is wanting in the ordinary Aesopic version.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph
It comes nearest to the Aesopic fable and its eastern origins or parallels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
Other Aesopic apologues are essentially identical with the Jatakas or Buddhist stories of India, and occur also in the great Sanskrit story-book, the 'Panchatantra,' which is the very oldest monument of Hindu literature.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
