Aesop

(ēsəp, -säp′)

real or legendary Gr. author of fables: supposed to have lived 6th cent.

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Greek fabulist traditionally considered the author of Aesop's Fables, including “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Fox and the Grapes.”

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