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Aesop

[ US /ˈiˌsɑp/ ]
NOUN
  1. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)

How To Use Aesop In A Sentence

  • The well-known joke, which has an almost Aesopian ring to it, about the running shoes and the bear is apposite. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
  • Aside from regular updates from the future, the curmudgeon began his blogging career with a series of planetary profiles packed with references that are both esoteric and Aesopian.
  • The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales. Aesop 
  • I produced the original cartoon in tempera; it was entitled Treasure Trove and based on an Aesop Fable.
  • Quisque in alio superfluum esse censet, ipse quod non habet nec curat, that which he hath not himself or doth not esteem, he accounts superfluity, an idle quality, a mere foppery in another: like Aesop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • There is the study that showed how a Eurasian corvid called a rook figured out that it could raise the level of water in a pitcher by adding rocks to it, just like in the ancient Aesop fable, so it could get a drink. David Mizejewski: Corvids Are Oddly Intelligent
  • In one of the longest tales, recalling the camp appeal of 'Xena: Warrior Princess, ' Sappho and Aesop discover a separatist commune of Amazons.
  • For the record, the former Aesop Rock producer is more in line with his new labelmates than he ever was with the king of cinematic swells.
  • His fables, written in iambic senarii, consist of beast-tales based largely on ‘Aesop’, as well as jokes and instructive stories taken not only from Hellenistic collections but also from his own personal experience.
  • He who shares the danger ought to share the prize. Aesop 
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