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1. Aesop
   ancient Greek author of fables; born ca. 620 BCE in Thrace and died ca. 560 BCE; Aesop's name is attributed to a collection of moral animal fables passed down through oral tradition; Aesop's animal fables and fables like them are a common part of Indo-European culture; the author Babrius rewrote Aes...
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2. Aesop
   [n] - Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
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3. Aesop
   By tradition, a writer of Greek fables. According to the historian Herodotus, he lived in the mid-6th century BC and was a slave. The fables that are ascribed to him were collected at a later date...
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4. Aesop
   noun Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
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5. Aesop
   the supposed author of a collection of Greek fables, almost certainly a legendary figure. Various attempts were made in ancient times to establish ... [9 related articles]
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6. Aesop
   Aesop (ē'sup, ē'sop) , legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th cent. B.C. and eventually was freed by his master. Other accounts associate him with many wild adventures and connect him with such rulers as Solon and Croesus. T...
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7. Aesop
   Aesop was a Greek writer of fables. Aesop is said to have been a contemporary of Croesus and Solon, and thus probably lived about the middle of the sixth century BC. But so little is known of his life that his existence has been called in question. He is said to have been originally a slave, and to ...
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8. Aesop
   By tradition, a writer of Greek fables. According to the historian Herodotus, he lived in the mid-6th century BC and was a slave. The fables that are ascribed to him were collected at a later date and are anecdotal stories using animal characters to illustrate moral or satirical points
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9. AESOP
   An Evolutionary System for On-line Programming
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