Well, actually they "belong" to the world, they have been translated from the original Greek to Latin and now into most languages of the world including French, English, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, German and so many more.
Since they are attributed to Aesop, a Greek slave and storyteller from the 6th Century BC, you could suppose that Greece could claim the fables of Aesop "belong" to it, but the best answer is probably still that they belong to the world.
The fables are called 'The Aesop Fables'. A weird name Aesop.
Because he was a weaner
Aesop is believed to have written in ancient Greek. His fables were passed down orally before being written down by later authors.
Aesop did not write any books himself. He was a Greek fabulist credited with creating a collection of fables, which were later compiled and written down by others. The collection is known as "Aesop's Fables."
Aesop was a slave and could neither read nor write. All his fables come down to us through oral traditions.
It's been very difficult to answer this question. But from what I've found out many believed that Aesop didn't exactly write his fables or that he even ever existed at all.
Aesop was famous for writing down fables, traditionally called "Aesop's fables."
Aesop is the author of esophagi fables.
Aesop is the author of esophagi fables.
This tale is adopted from the Aesop fables. Therefore the author is Aesop.
All Aesop's fables are in books.
Aesop's fables or Babrius Babrius may have written a collection of fables, which was discovered in the 19th century) based on Aesop's fables, only in Greek verse. Babrius may have been a Hellenistic Roman.