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Aesōpus, i, m., = Αἴσωπος.

  1. I. Æsop, the Greek fabulist of Phrygia, in the time of Crœsus; cf. Phaedr. 5 prol. The difference between Æsopic and Libystic fables, v. under Aesopicus.
    Cf. Quint. 5, 11, 19; Gell. 2, 29.
  2. II. A tragic actor, friend of Cicero: noster Aesopus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 82; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; id. Div. 1, 37.