Aesop

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Aesop (Greek fabulist, ca. 620-564 BCE )

It remains uncertain if Aesop was a historical person or legendary. Although known for the fables ascribed to him, no writings by him survive. Numerous fables appearing under his name were gathered across the centuries in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of these tales animals speak and have human characteristics.