¶Biography Aesopus (6th c. a.C.n. fl.)
¶Variants Aesopos; Aesopus; Esopus
* The supposed author of a collection of Greek fables, almost certainly a legendary figure. Various attempts were made in ancient times to establish him as an actual personage. The probability is that Aesop was no more than a name invented to provide an au
thor for fables centring on beasts, so that "a story of Aesop" became synonymous with "fable." (EB)
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