Aesop work (5)
I believe the answer is:
fable
'aesop work' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for fable that I've seen before include "Aesop story" , "Myth, legend" , "Moral tale" , "there may be a moral to it" , "One of Aesop's tales" .)