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Aesop

Also known as Aesopus, Esop, Æsop, Eſope, Æſop

Aesop ( ; , ; – 564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales associated with him are characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters.

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Aesop was a male mythographer, philosopher, and writer who lived during classical antiquity. Born in 620 BCE in Mesembria, he was a slave by social classification. He wrote in Ancient Greek and is notably associated with the significant place of Phrygia. His floruit occurred around 600 BCE.

He is the author of Aesop's Fables, a notable work also appearing in titles such as The Fox Outfoxed and Other Tales and Æsop's Fables. Aesop died in 564 BCE in Delphi. His name in his native language is Αἴσωπος. His works are held in collections at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

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Born: 620 BC
Died: 560 BC
Works: 1375

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L'Esopo di Udine
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Aesop was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and (if he ever existed) no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are…

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Writer.name: Aesop
Writer.image: Aesop pushkin01.jpg
Writer.caption: Plaster cast of a Hellenistic statue thought to depict Aesop; original in the Art Collection of the Villa Albani, Rome
Writer.birth_date: BCE
Writer.death_date: 564 BCE (aged )
Writer.death_place: Delphi
Writer.genre: Fable
Writer.notableworks: Number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of death: Delphi
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Notable work: Aesop's Fables
Image: Aesop pushkin01.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Aesop
Commons category: Aesop
date of death: 0564-00-00
time period: classical antiquity
date of birth: 0620-00-00
social classification: slave
Commons Creator page: Aesop
has works in the collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
writing language: Ancient Greek
name in native language: Αἴσωπος
entry in abbreviations table: Aesop.
floruit: 0600-00-00
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significant place: Phrygia

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Aesop, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Fabularum Aesopicarum Delectus

Aesopi Phrygis Fabellae: Graece & Latine, cum alijs opusculis...

Esopus Teutsch: This is: The whole life and fables Esopi

Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae

Aesopus moralisatus

Life of Esopo Fables of Exopo

Les Fables du tres Esope Phrigien

Esopus

Cremona, State Library, Governmental. Manuscripts, ms.143

Fabulas de la vida del sabio y clarísimo fabulador Isopo [Texto impreso] :]con las fabulas y sentencias de diversos autores: ahora de nuevo corregido, y enmendado, con las anotaciones

Fabulae Esopi [Printed Text]

Fabelle Esopi translate and greco to Laurentio Vallensi... [Printed text]

Fábulas de Esopo : libro de lectura para uso de los niños

Fabularum Aesopicarum delectus [Texto impreso] : (Graece et Latine, cum versione hebraica et arabica quarumd)

Fabulae Aesopicae [Texto impreso] :]Ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate editae

Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae Graece et Latine [Texto impreso] :]cum aliis quibusdam opusculis, quorum indicem sequens pagella indicabit

Esopo Volgarizzato Per Uno Da Sienna ; Testo Di Lingua

Favole di Esopo, parafrasate da un ex monaco Cisterciese

Aesopi Phrygis et aliorum fabulae quorum appoints sequens pagella indicabit. Elegantissimis iconibus in gratiam studiosae iuentutis illustratae pluribusq. auctae, et diligentius quàm antehac, atae. Very large local index

Brantovy rozprávky

Life of Esopo Fables of Exopo

Fabulae :Sammlung des Bonus Accursius Pisanus. Übers. der griech. Texte ins Lat. von Rinucius Aretinus. Mit dessen Widmungsvorrede und Nachwort an Antonio de la Cerda, Kardinal von S. Crisogono in Rom. Mit zwei Widmungsbriefen an Johannes Franciscus Turrianus. [1-3]. 1

Aesopi Phrygis Fabellae: Graece & Latine, cum alijs opusculis, quorum index proxima refertur pagella

The Fablas of Esopo

Fabulae: Collection of Heinrich Steinhöwel

Franc. Josephi Desbillons Fabulae Aesopiae: Curis Posterioribus, Omnes Fere, Emendatae: Accesserunt Plus Quam CLXX Novae; Tum Etiam Observationes, Grammaticae Praesertim, Complures, Et Index Copiosus: Nec Desunt, Expressae Ex Aere Inciso, Hominum Ac Pecudum Figuae Elegantes. 2

'Esope Phrigien’s works, with those of Philelphe. 2. (1703). - LXIV, 364 S.

The Das Book of the Hibernated Fabulous Tighter Esopi with his Figures

Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae: Graece Et Latine, cum alijs opusculis...

'Esope Phrigien’s works, with those of Philelphe. 1. (1703). - 9 Bl., CXXXV, 287 SEC.

Fabulae: Collection of the Accursius Pisanus bonus. Over The Greek. Texts in the Lat. Rinucius Aretinus. With his dedication preface and afterword to Antonio de la Cerda, cardinal of S. Crisogono in Rome. With two dedication letters to Johannes Franciscus Turrianus. [1-3]. 3

Aisōpu Mythoi = Fabvlae Aesopicae Graecae, Qvae Maximo Planvdi Tribvvntvr

Aesopus grecu [s]

Die Fabeln des Äsopus. 1

Steinhöwel's Äsop

Aesopi Phrygis Fabularum Selectarum Partes duae :GraecoLatinae

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

Life
''The Aesop Romance''
Fabulist
Physical appearance and the question of African origin
Depictions
Art and literature
20th century genres
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Scattered details of Aesop's life can be found in ancient sources, including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life, including the traditional description of him as a strikingly ugly slave () who by his cleverness acquires freedom and becomes an adviser to kings and city-states. Older spellings of his name have included Esop(e) and Isope. Depictions of Aesop in popular culture over the last 2,500 years have included many works of art and his appearance as a character in numerous books, films, plays, and television programs.

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