---
name: Aesop the Fabulist
name_greek: Αἴσωπος ὁ μυθολόγος
eul_aid: aqo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aesop-the-fabulist-aqo"
period: Archaic
dialect: Mixed Dialects
works_count: 17
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aesop the Fabulist

*Αἴσωπος ὁ μυθολόγος*

**eul_aid:** `aqo` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aesop-the-fabulist-aqo)

Aesop, the legendary fabulist of the 6th century BCE. Surviving works include moral fables like The Fox and the Grapes. Free to download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [Aesopic Fables (Anonymous Collection)](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-fables-aqo-aq) — *Μῦθοι* · `aqo-aq`
- [Aesopic Fables (Augustana Collection)](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-fables-aqo-ap) — *Αισώπειων μύθων συναγωγή* · `aqo-ap`
- [Aesopic Fables (Dionian Recension)](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-fables-aqo-af) — *Μῦθοι Δίωνι Χρυσόστομῳ ἀνατιθέμενοι* · `aqo-af`
- [Aesopic Proverbs](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-proverbs-aqo-am) — *Μῦθοι* · `aqo-am`
- [Epigram](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-epigrams-aqo-ao) — *Ἐπίγραμμα* · `aqo-ao`
- [Fable of Nicephorus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-nicephorus-fable-aqo-ai) — *Μῦθος Νικηφόρου* · `aqo-ai`
- [Fables in Dodecasyllables](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-fables-dodecasyllables-aqo-ah) — *Μῦθοι ἐν Δωδεκασυλλάβοις* · `aqo-ah`
- [Fables of Aphthonius the Rhetorician](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-aphthonius-fables-aqo-ad) — *Μῦθοι Ἀφθονίου τοῦ Ῥήτορος* · `aqo-ad`
- [Fables of Dositheus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-dositheus-fables-aqo-aj) — *Μῦθοι Δοσιθέου* · `aqo-aj`
- [Fables of Libanius](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-fables-aqo-ak) — *Μῦθοι Λιβανίου* · `aqo-ak`
- [Fables of Syntipas the Philosopher](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-syntipas-fables-aqo-ag) — *Μῦθοι Συντίπα τοῦ Φιλοσόφου* · `aqo-ag`
- [Fables of the Anonymous Brancatian Rhetorician](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-brancatian-fables-aqo-aa) — *Μῦθοι τοῦ Ἀνωνύμου Βρανκατιανοῦ Ῥήτορος* · `aqo-aa`
- [Fables of Themistius the Rhetorician](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-themistius-fables-aqo-ae) — *Μῦθοι Θεμιστίου τοῦ Ῥήτορος* · `aqo-ae`
- [Fables of Theophylact Simocatta the Scholar](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-theophylact-fables-aqo-ac) — *Μῦθοι Θεοφυλάκτου Σιμοκάττου τοῦ Σχολαστικοῦ* · `aqo-ac`
- [Fables Preserved-Assendelftian Wax Tablets](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-preserved-wax-tablets-aqo-ab) — *Μῦθοι ἐν δέλτοις Ἀσσενδελφτίοις σωθέντες* · `aqo-ab`
- [Greek Proverbs (Paroemiae)](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-proverbs-aqo-an) — *Παροιμίαι* · `aqo-an`
- [Sentences](https://eulogikon.org/works/aesop-sentences-aqo-al) — *Γνῶμαι* · `aqo-al`

## License and provenance

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