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Aesop

Pronunciation: /ˈiːsɒp/
Definition of Aesop
  • (6th century bc), Greek storyteller. The moral animal fables associated with him were probably collected from many sources, and initially communicated orally. Aesop is said to have lived as a slave on the island of Samos.

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