Aesop (circa 620­560 B.C.) was a Greek writer whose name has 
become associated with the beast fables. They originated in Indo-
European cultures where the fables were passed along orally. The 
Greek poet Babrius rewrote many of Aesop’s Fables. They were also 
put into Latin verse by the Roman poet Phaedrus in the 1st century 
A.D.