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Aesop [ˈiːsɒp] n
(Biographies / Aesop (?620 bc-564 bc) M, Greek, WRITING: writer of fables) ?620-564 bc, Greek author of fables in which animals are given human characters and used to satirize human failings Aesopian , Aesopic adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Aesop's fables Aesopian AEsopic allegory Allocation apologue appearance Bewick danger Exacerbation fable gaiety Jean de La Fontaine kindness La Fontaine parable persistence Phaedrus prejudice | THE LIFE and History of Aesop is involved, like that of Homer, the most famous of Greek poets, in much obscurity. Do you know, you speak Greek as well as AEsop did, my dear La Fontaine. AEsop was a Greek slave who could not even write down his wonderful fables; yet all the world reads them. |
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Aeshma Aeshna Aeshnidae AESHP AESHS AESI AESIM AESIP Aesir Aesir Æsir Æsir AESIRB AESIS AESJ AESJA AESL AESLP AESM AESMC AESMIR AESMT AESN AESO AESOC Aeson Aesop ÆsopÆsop Aesop Fables Aesop Robinson Golf Association Aesop's fable Aesop's fables Aesophic Aesophic Aesopian Aesopian Language Aesopic Aesopica AESOPS Aesops fables Aesopus Aesopus Aesopus, Claudius AESOR AESP AESPL AESQ AESR AESRC AESRG AESRM AESRS AESS | |||||||
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