Aesopian

We are told that the only genre of poetry Socrates really appreciated was the Aesopian fable.

我们知道，苏格拉底只能了解一种诗——伊索寓言，

Plato has furnished for all posterity the pattern of a new art form, the novel, viewed as the Aesopian fable raised to its highest power;

真的，柏拉图留给千秋万世一种新的艺术形式的原型，小说的原型；

they could express their views only in a diluted form, resorting to aesopian hints and allusions(isaac deutscher)

他们只能以淡化的方式，求助于寓意的暗示及典故来表达他们观点（艾萨克·多伊彻）

In this frame of mind he composed a poem on Apollo and rendered several Aesopian fables in verse.

他这种心情之下，他作了一篇“阿波罗颂歌”，而且把几个伊索寓言写成诗体。

They could express their views only in a diluted form, resorting to Aesopian hints and allusions ( Isaac Deutscher)

他们只能以淡化的方式，求助于寓意的暗示及典故来表达他们观点（艾萨克多伊彻）