A legendary ancient Greek storyteller credited with creating fables featuring animals that teach moral lessons, such as 'The Tortoise and the Hare'.
From Greek 'Aisopos.' The historical Aesop (if he existed) likely lived around 600 BCE, though the fables attributed to him were collected and transmitted over centuries. The name's true origin is debated.
Aesop's fables have been translated into almost every language and have remained virtually unchanged for 2,500 years because they're so perfectly crafted—each one delivers a moral lesson in just a few sentences, making them spread like ideas with built-in memorability.
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