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Aesop

620 BC - 564 BC

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Aesop ( EE-sop or AY-sop; Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aesop has received more than 3,408,466 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Aesop is the 15th most popular writer (up from 21st in 2019), the most popular biography from Bulgaria and the most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Aesop is most famous for his fables, which are short stories about animals that teach a moral lesson.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 85.15

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  • 95

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 18.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aesop ranks 15 out of 5,755Before him are Edgar Allan Poe, Sophocles, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, and Virgil. After him are Jules Verne, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ovid, Molière, and Agatha Christie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 620 BC, Aesop ranks 1After him are Alcaeus of Mytilene and Sushruta. Among people deceased in 564 BC, Aesop ranks 1

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Aesop ranks 1 out of 372After him are Ahmed III (1673), Flavius Aetius (390), Elias Canetti (1905), Belisarius (505), Galerius (250), Georgi Dimitrov (1882), Maximinus Thrax (173), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Phocas (547), and Simeon I of Bulgaria (864).

Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Aesop ranks 1After him are Elias Canetti (1905), Saint Naum (830), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Georgi Markov (1929), Ivan Vazov (1850), Hristo Botev (1848), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Sabahattin Ali (1907), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Elin Pelin (1877), and Blaga Dimitrova (1922).