Aesop Syllabification: (Ae·sop)Pronunciation: /ˈēˌsäp, ˈēsəp/Definition of Aesop (6th century bc), Greek storyteller. The moral animal fables associated with Aesop were probably collected from many sources and initially communicated orally. Aesop in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Aesop in the British & World English dictionary