620s BC births

Aesop ( ; , ; – 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. Many of the tales associated with him are characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters.

ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician

thumb|Alcaeus and Sappho, Attic red-figure calathus, c. 470 BC, [[Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2416)]]