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Aesop
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-619–-563 · ancient Greek storyteller (619 BC–563 BC)

Also known as: Äsop, Æsop, Æſop, Aesopus, Aisop, Äsopos

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Known works

  • Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze
  • Fables
  • Fabhalscéalta Aesop
  • Aesop's Fables (1897)
  • Aesop in Mexico