Aesop

Aesop (c. 620 BCE – 564 BCE) was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables which became collectively known as Aesop's Fables.

Trivia

 * A copy of Aesop's Fables obtained by Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Constantinople in the early 16th century was attributed to Socrates, suggesting that he was either the true author or the one who wrote the fables down.
 * In 1721, After suffering the loss of Mary Read, Edward Kenway experienced a disturbing dream in which, among other things, Woodes Rogers recited Aesop's fable about the the eagle and the jackdaw.

Reference

 * Assassin's Creed: Revelations