Image presumed to depict aesop and a fox from his fables, greek red-figure cup c. 450 b. C, vatican museums. In 1843, the archaeologist otto jahn first suggested that image depicted aesop. Paul zanker describes the figure as a man with "emaciated body and oversized head. Furrowed brow and open mouth", who "listens carefully to the teachings of the fox sitting before him. He has pulled his mantle tightly around his meager body, as if he were shivering. He is ugly, with long hair, bald head, and unkempt, scraggly beard, and is clearly uncaring of his appearance. ". Date: c. 450 B.C..
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