Ae·sop (??s?p, -s?p?) Sixth century bc. Greek fabulist traditionally considered the author of Aesop’s Fables, including “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Fox and the Grapes.”Ae·so?pi·an (?-s??p?-?n), Ae·sop?ic (-s?p??k) adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Aesop (?i?s?p) n (Biography) ?620?564 bc, Greek author of fables in which animals are given human characters and used to satirize human failings Ae?sopian, Ae?sopic adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ae?sop (?i s?p, ?i s?p) n. c620?c560 B.C., Greek writer of fables. Ae?so?pi?an (i?so? pi ?n, i?s?p i-) Ae?sop?ic (i?s?p ?k) adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.