Biographies
An Index of Notable Authors
Aesop
mid 6th centuryAesop-- known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition a labourer who was a contemporary of Croesus and Peisistratus in the mid-sixth century BC in Ancient Greece. The various collections that go under the rubric \"Aesop\'s Fables\" are still taught as moral lessons and used as subjects for various entertainments, especially children\'s plays and cartoons. According to tradition he was at one point freed from slavery and eventually died at the hands of Delphians, but nothing is known about Aesop from credible records. In fact, the obscurity shrouding his life has led some scholars to doubt his existence altogether, notably because there is no fixed body of his work.
