History Webcomic / Aisopos

* AnAesop: [[AnAesop/{{Aisopos}} Has its own page]].

* EyeForAnEye:
** One of [[AnAesop the Aesops]] of a fable.
** Aesop has enough of Kollos and his minions' torments and leaves them to drown near the shores of Miletus. It served them right!

Frontis' mere presence makes the young woman feel better and thus, he comes to visit them everyday, much to Yadmon's desires. One day, the two lovers manage to escape and settle down to Athens, where they have a boy, named Aesop.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Believe it or not, Periander of Corinth was ''more'' ruthless, murderous, unpredictable and cunning. His [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatism]] and intelligence are both accurately portrayed however.

** In Herodotus' [[Literature/TheHistories Histories]] pots were used to disable the Persian cavarly, not the Spartan one.

** Yes, Thales [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eclipse really did stop a war by predicting an eclise]] but here he is shown to do so much earlier than history recorded.

* ArtShift: When the webtoon wants to retell a story, the drawings change to a style that looks exactly like it's been taken from a greek pottery.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Daross is clearly a NiceGuy and rarely gets into a fight, except when asked for (like when his teacher asked him to bring Aesop back through threatenings). However, when confronted and being in danger, he knows how to fight and defend himself.

* SurpriseCreepy: The webtoon can be very nightmarish-y if it wants. Like, when Aesop first visits Sparta and he's in a mountain full of bones.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Being a Webtoon that takes place in Ancient Greece, a lot of [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Historical Domain Characters]] will appear, like Aesop, Master Yadmon, Drakon, Solon, as well as some fictional ones, like Bri, Lenius, Daross, Korki and Sallas.

* DistantFinale: The last chapter takes place when [[spoiler: Aesop, now in Rike's body, is old]]. Specifically, it took place in the year 560 B.C, 30 years after the events of Part 3.

** Episode 105 (the first episode of Part 3) occurred in the year 580 B.C, 20 years after Episode 56. Aesop is 40 years old once this episode is released.

* AdultFear: When finally being found out by Yadmon's warriors, Frontis stares at his son intensely, deciding that Aesop's safety is more important than his own, before telling him to run and face them all alone. He is immediately killed…

** The final part of the Episode 1 happened in 610 B.C, 10 years after the middle part (620 B.C.). By that time, Aesop is 10 years old.

* TimeSkip: The webcomic has four time skips.

* DistantFinale: The last chapter takes place when [[spoiler: Aesop, now in Rike's body, is old]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: Master Yadmon was already a despicable human being, but as time passed, his treatment towards Aesop became harsher (sending him to the Dungeon, whipping him every day etc).

* BaldOfAwesome:
** Daross. What else did you expect from a Spartan soldier?!
** Lenius also qualifies, at least, when he was a teenager.
* {{Battlecry}}: '''"Wheee!"'''. Yeah, we are not kidding…

* {{Jerkass}}: Kollos serves this role, as he constantly tries to ruin Aesop's life, for no reason whatsoever. Taken UpToEleven in Chapter 36, where [[spoiler: he set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].

* SchoolSavedMyLife: Daross manages to confront against Kollos' minions, thanks to the training from the Agoge.

''"Do you know what makes a human strong? The power no one can fight against. The power no one can handle. What creates such almighty power is… hatred and wrath. Do not blame your fate. Do not blame anybody. Life isn't something to understand, but to accept. Just face your death."''
--> '''Yadmon''', ''Part 3''

* BittersweetEnding: The webcomic ends in a pretty complicated way, to say the least. [[spoiler: Aesop is accused for the murder of a handful of people and he is sentenced to death by crossing. His friends can't do nothing, than stare and scream to let him go. The only one who actually tries and succeeds is Bri, through a mystic dance, where Aesop swips bodies with Rike's, Rike's with Yadmon's and Yadmon's with Aesop's. This results to Aesop surving and to Yadmon to finally be killed. However, Bri also kills herself for the payback, Korki, Sallas, the Barbarian, Daross and Lenius never find out about this, thinking that their beloved friend is now dead, each one of them dies from old age and Aesop, in Rike's body, outlives them]].

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Among Aesop, Bri and Lenius, Bri is the Blonde, Aesop is the Brunette and Lenius is the Redhead.
* {{Bookends}}: The webcomic, to be more precise, begins with an old man (who the audience assume that is old Aesop) sitting on a table and telling a fable, while a crowd from the outside yells and demand the death of Peisistratus. It ends the exact same way, but with Aesop [[spoiler: in Rike's body]] coming out and trying to defend the pour man by telling them a fable.

* TheBully: Kollos is this to Aesop and Bri (although his treatment towards them has some psychopathic tendecies, as he beats them frequently and one time, he even tried to murder the protagonist).

* CerebusSyndrome: The story was a little depressing, to begin with, starting with a young and cheerful child losing both of his parents and being forced to be a slave, but the third part is where the drama and the overly sad tone are more clear, with the protagonist continuing to be slave to his family's killer, being treated in a more awful way and almost [[spoiler: dying from crossing]].

* ChekhovsGunman: Plenty people that Aesops meets during his life, turn out to have a biggest role later in the series.
** Lenius and Daross, the two Spartan brothers. They helped Aesop flee from Sparta, thanks to Lenius's idea of tricking the soldiers into thinking that him and Aesop fought for Daross and Aesop injured him. And that's the last we hear from him. Meanwhile, Daross is taken to Athens and lives with Mrs. Chrysa. While he has a bigger role and even saves Aesop's life once, he later appeared in silent cameos only. Then, in Part 2, the two brothers reunite again and become main members of the gang.
** Solon, a new politician, who only made a brief appearance in Part 1, has an even bigger role in Part 3 (Part 3 takes place 30 years later), where his actions results to [[spoiler: Aesop's death]].

* ChekhovsSkill: Daross, being a Spartan boy under training, of course and he will know martial arts and he was shown to use a spear as a main weapon back when he was in the Agoge. However, it's not brought up again, until later in the series, where he makes one from a cut wood and use it to defend himself.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Bri and Aesop, who knew each other ever since they were 10 years old. Their relationship, however, has a lot of ups and downs and it's very difficult to hold it (not because of inner fights, but from outside factors).

** Sir Alkanos only appeared in "The Great Failure" and in "The fox and the ticks" arcs and acted as a mentor to Aesop. After that, he disappears completely and we never hear a word about him.

* AnAesop: Given the fact that the protagonist is the TropeNamer, it's rather inevitable:
** '''Part 1''':
*** Chapter 7: Mrs. Crysan gives to Aesop a good advice on how to deal with enemies: [[EyeForAnEye make them feel the same way they made you feel]].
*** One, however, would consider it a BrokenAesop and argue that this causes more problems.
*** Chapter 13: The story with the man and the goose that laid golden eggs tells that you should be satisfied with what you've got and not to "kill" your precious resources.
*** Chapter 16: A not-so-friendly one, but one way to control and capture humans is by offering them something they desire, via the myth with the monkey and the peanuts.
---> '''Theo''': Remember, Aesop, you only need one thing to cheat someone. It's the greed inside of that person.
*** The "Lion's Den" offers two:
*** One: don't be fooled by people who pretend to be in need, since they might want to take advantage of you or harm you.
*** Two: be careful when you visit a place you know it's dangerous! Chances are you never come back!
*** Chapter 25:
*** It's important to make the difference between enemies and allies! What's weird is that this particular [[AnAesop aesop]] is coming from the [[EvilTeacher teacher in the agoge]].
*** From the same chapter, we have this line:
---> '''Spartan King''': Sometimes, peace is crueler than war.
*** Frontis has also adviced his son and has provided him with a {{Deconstruction}} of the [[{{Determinator}} Never Give Up]] trope: it's alright to quit, but only after you have tried hard and know that there's no way for you to succeed, or else, your efforts will prove to be meaningless.
*** Chapter 31: A greedy person will not only harm themselves, but the people around them. The dog from Yadmon's story ends up starving not only itself to death, but the horses as well, for not wanting to abandon a beautiful manger full of barley.
*** From Chapter 32, we have this line by Sir Alkanos:
---> '''Sir Alkanos''': I have been telling you. The biggest asset is not money, but people.
*** Chapter 34: The world itself is a "wolf". And the "sheep" feel security when the "wolf" eats others and not them, for it's because of these coward "sheep" that the world is monstrous.
*** Speaking of which, to solve this, the "sheep" must beat the fear against their "wolves".
*** Chapter 38: A donkey was carrying a heavy sack full of salt and it fell into the stream by accident. The water melted the salt and the sack became lighter. A fortnight later, it was carrying a sack full of cotton. It fell into the stream on purpose, thinking that the water would make the load lighter, just like the previous time. The cotton, however, sucked the water and the donkey could not get out of the stream.
---> '''Aesop''': You can't be sure that your load that departs today [[MakesSenseInContext isn't cotton that gets heavier when it gets wet]].
*** Chapter 40: A lonely wolf once saw his elongated shadow by the sun and said: "Look how big I am! Why have I been afraid of a lion when I'm such a huge beast…?" So, the wolf went after a lion and the lion devoured it. The wolf then realised that:
---> '''Wolf''': My conceit and delusion drew ruin upon myself.
*** Chapter 45: If you try to get rid of your problems, new ones will come and trouble you. Sir Alkanos told the story of a fox which fell down in the river and had ticks drink her blood to show that a free-man's life is not better than a slave's. A free-man has to pay taxes, while if a slave becomes free, they will suffer from poverty.
*** Chapter 56: No matter how fast a rabbit is, it always loses to a slow but untiring turtle that heads towards the finishing line.
** '''Part 2''':
*** Chapter 57: Your desire at the moment will bring ruin upon yourself. The thirsty pigeon assumed that the painting on the wall was a puddle of water. It crashed into the wall and died.
*** Chapter 61: Don't avoid your superior's wrath if it means saving your kind. Once, a tamed pigeon was caught by a hunter. A few hours later, a wild pigeon came to help the tamed one. The moment it landed, the hunter caught the wild one. The wild one asked the tamed one why didn't it help it, since they are both pigeons, to which the tamed one said that it's better for it to avoid its master's wrath than its kind's blaming.
*** Chapter 65: Someone owes you for the shadow? They need to pay with the shadow. Aesop solved with this way an argument between a courtesan and a peasant, when a latter bragged to everyone about a night he spent with the former. In his dreams!
*** Chapter 66: You found yourself in a narrow situation against someone? Don't provoke them! A long time ago, two goats run into each other in the middle of the bridge and ended up in the water after they fought.
*** Once you meet someone, you never fully forget them, even if they have passed 10 years since you last saw them.
*** Being only one-armed doesn't stop you from being [[HandicappedBadass utterly awesome]]!

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Solon]] in part 3. Sure, he wants to bring democracy to Athens and free the slaves but you have to admit that [[spoiler: staging a coup where every Arcon is killed during a celebration is going too far]]. And ItGetsWorse when [[spoiler: the coup [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]] and Yadmon co-opts it for his own purposes]]. His MyGodWhatHaveIDone is completely justified.

* TheXOfY: Some arc titles.
** The Delusion of A Wolf".
** "A Village of Burning Dresses".
** "The Shadow of Reality".
** "Flame of Hope".

* Strong Family Resemblance: Aesop looks almost like his father, [[AdaptationalAttractiveness minus being a hunchback]]. Which makes Yadmon [[MisplacedRetribution take his anger and bitterness out on him even more]].

* TheRedeemer:

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Solon]] in part 3. Sure, he wants to bring democracy to Athens and free the slaves but you have to admit that [[spoiler: staging a coup where every Arcon is killed during a celebration is going too far]]. And ItGetsWorse when [[spoiler: the coup [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]] and Yadmon co-opts it for his own purposes]]. His MyGodWhatIDone is completely justified.

* Strong Family Resemblance: Aesop looks almost like his father, [[AdaptationalAttractiveness minus being a hunchback]]. Which makes Yadmon [[MisaimedRetribution take his anger and bitterness out on him even more]].