Who was Aesop?

Who was Aesop? In this "Profiles in History" Segment about the famous storyteller and creator of fables, Aesop, Baba the Storyteller delves into who he was, where he was from, and when he lived, to answer some of your most pressing questions about him.

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[doreenwatson-read]

Just goes to show you that having confidence in oneself will ensure your freedom. how sounds like an amazing fella. imagine sitting down at the pub and listening to him whilst having a drink

[cenobiten]

my dad always qoutes aesops fables but i really didnt know much about him before this. thanks for sharing :)

[AesopsTeachings]

A fascinating story well told. What we at Æsop's Teachings find particularly interesting is the idea that the fables might originate from ancient Mesopotamia or even before, thus spanning many millenia of oral tradition.

[alvexok]

Great video. I've been interested in Aesop's fables for a long time

[jasontucher]

I have heard AEsop's fables handed down by mouth for generations and always reflected on their wisdom. By good luck I found a copy of them at the store today and read them like gospel. It amazes me (and it would my whole family) that AEsop was a brother and no one I know knew. That endears him more considering.

[essveekaye]

Long after the original aesop passed, more tales were told. Only written in greek and latin hundreds of years later. A period of around 500 years collects the bulk of these works. Possibly three or four authors, scribes, monks could have attributed to the collating of the main corpus.
Marcus Manilius, who wrote the Astronomica, amongst other astrological, mathmatical and poetic works. Was also a monk who could translate greek, latin. He has been thought to be the last modern Aesop. He lived around the first century.

[-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

It is said in ancient times: "Talk shit, get thrown off a cliff."

[KimPhilipDalanon]

I admire your very simple yet compacted information.

[freekingawwsome]

@BABA THE STORY TELLER thank you for your teachings master, with information, knowledge, intellect, respect, gives the mind power

[Thepurplesumarai]

Never knew cancel culture would go waaaay waaay back.

[Killa_G]

This is going to help for my English Literary Project. Thank you!

[pauldonnelly]

Can't say how likely it is that the medieval scholar accurately described a guy who'd been dead for 15 centuries.

[MrAesop]

My last name is actually Aesop..I learnt most of the stories of him but I never knew that Aesop means Ethiop that is something I learnt..thank you so much about the video

[jasontommy-uc]

My Grade 4 Teacher said We learning about Fable stories including Aesop Fables

[John-mfky]

1:28
I can't help but think of a classical Neo style character when I think of Aesop. I also can't also help but think of Patrick Henry.
"Give me liberty, or give me death"

[richardcollier]

Aesop must have been feeling the effects of those fumes that permeated the Oracular structure from the fissures below. Either that, or he was really sick and tired of being politely circumspect all the time.

[PKE]

Thank you if you didn't make this channel I would have failed my english exam

[RIPxBlackHawk]

1:11 That shot was misfired because we definitely call that taxes

[mrawesome]

Dude Ethiop was a greek word to begin with. It wasn't a greek corruption.
Also Aesop and Ethiop are so far from being similar words.
Also how he look like or where he was from is unknown so it's a bit presumptuous to present information like this as facts.
This video has misinformation.

[greyngreyer]

It's not really any more relevant to me than what curiosity would warrant, but do we know if he was black, or was he called Aesop because of his resemblance to an "Ethiop"? I recall more such famous people being named after a stereotype even though they are not originally from the associated region. I mean in my country we have nicknames like "Dutch" or "Turk" colloquially, especially in villages (I come from a village so I heard this a lot)