AESOPUS, CLODIUS, Roman tragedian, flourished in the first century B.C. Cicero was on friendly terms with him. Aesopus made a last appearance in 55 B.C.-when Cicero tells us that he was advanced in years—on the occasion of the splendid games given by Pompey at the dedication of his theatre. Horace (Sat. iii. 3. 239) mentions his taking a pearl from the ear-drop of Caecilia Metella and dissolving it in vinegar, that he might have the satisfaction of swallowing eight thousand pounds' worth at a draught.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.—Cicero, De Divinatione, i. 37; pro Sestio, 56, 58; Bibliography.—Cicero, De Divinatione, i. 37; pro Sestio, 56, 58; Quint., Instit. xi. 3, III. ; Macrobius, Sat. iii.