Definition of "Æsop"

The conjuror reminds us — of course in vain — that the quickness of the hand deceives the eye; proverbs remind us that all that glitters is not gold; and Æsop’s story of the greedy dog reminds us that the reflections of bones can be mistaken for bones until it comes to eating them.

1954, Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, pages 93–94 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)

It was his fault. It was all his fault. From liar to murderer, like in the Æsop fable.

1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, chapter eleven, § I, page 316 (1992 paperback ed., Mandarin Paperbacks