It was only in the 14th-century that Maximus Planudes popularized the notion of his ugliness and deformity.
Walter Savage Landor has two "Imaginary Conversations" between this figure and his companion Rhodope. It was only in the 14th-century that Maximus Planudes popularized the notion of his ugliness and deformity. His popularity had been promoted in classical times by Babrius and Phaedrus, and it was Herodotus who claimed that he was freed by the Thracian Iadmon. His work only became widespread in Europe in the 16th-century with Jean de La Fontaine's verse translations. FTP, name this legendary author of "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Tortoise and the Hare," and numerous other fables.
Walter Savage Landor has two "Imaginary Conversations" between this figure and his companion Rhodope.
{Aesop}