| − | 600's B.C., [[Greece|Greek]] slave and author of self-titled Aesop's Fables-a collection of stories with morals. | + | 600's B.C., [[Greece|Greek]] slave and author of self-titled Aesop's Fables- a collection of short stories each containing a simple moral message. Some historians doubt Aesop's existence, as there is no objective collection of his works. As such, the picture below is an artist's interpretation. |