Aesop
- Writer
Greek slave. Many of the 200+ fables attributed to him may not have
been his own, but since his name is synonymous with fables they were
credited to him anyway. Sentenced to death for heresy. Was thrown from
the edge of a cliff, c. 560 BC. The excepted dates of his birth and
death would mean that he lived to around 60, remarkable for his
time.