Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

Lorna Luft, 1957 –
Aesop biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Aesop

Author Name:

Aesop

Born As:

Aesop

Other Names:

Born:

620

Died:

560




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Fable writer and slave                          
Selected Works:

The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Bear and the Travelers
The Bell and the Cat - also known as Belling the Cat, The Mice, the Bell, and the Cat, or The Mice in Council
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Bundle of Sticks
The Cat and the Mice
The Cock and the Jewel
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Deer without a Heart

The Dog and its Reflection
The Dog and the Wolf
The Farmer and the Stork
The Farmer and the Viper
The Four Oxen and the Lion
The Fox and the Crow
The Fox and the Goat
The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox and the Sick Lion
The Fox and the Stork

The Frog and the Ox
The Frogs Who Desired a King
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
The Honest Woodcutter
The Lion and the Mouse
The Lion's Share
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
The Mischievous Dog
The North Wind and the Sun
The Tortoise and the Birds

The Tortoise and the Hare
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Venus and the Cat
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Wolf and the Crane

Fables mis-attributed to Aesop include:

The Boy and the Filberts
The Dog in the Manger
The Lion, the Bear and the Fox
The Scorpion and the Frog.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
                          
The place of Aesop's birth was and still is disputed: Thrace, Phrygia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Samos, Athens, Sardis and Amorium all claim the honour.                          
                          
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop

Most of what are known as Aesopic Fables is a compilation of tales from various sources, many of which originated with authors who lived long before Aesop.
"Aesop's Fables" has also become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals.