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Aesop

Aesop

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An ancient Greek storyteller who tells short animal stories that teach a lesson
  • proper noun
  • /ˈiːsɒp/
  • Literature
translation icon : Esopo
  • I shared an Aesop fable about quality over quantity, and I entreated them to pursue their dreams with unrelenting passion.
  • Aesop's fables
  • Aesop's Fables

Cognitive dissonance, as Aesop and the sour grapes have taught us, is a universal phenomenon.

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Examples

  • I love Aesop's fables, and so I'm going to tell the story, one of the most famous and I think most useful of Aesop's fables.

  • There's this fable of Aesop called Killing the Goose Who Laid the Golden Eggs.

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  • The cricket was famous in fable, of course, from Aesop on.

    Academic text (1997)

  • People loved Aesop's fables because they were short, easy to remember, and they taught a lesson or moral.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Are you familiar with the old Aesop's fable about the ant and the grasshopper?

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  • Chantel looked down; she smoothed the pages of Aesop's Fables, which she'd been reading to Reggie.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Many valuable lessons can be learned from Aesop's fables.

  • Children enjoy listening to the stories attributed to Aesop.

  • The moral of Aesop's tale teaches honesty and humility.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Aesop is the name of an ancient Greek storyteller who told short animal 'fables' with a clear 'moral'. So, when you hear Aesop, think of a short animal story that teaches a lesson.