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* {{Adorkable}}: Every character as a kid can qualify, especially Aesop, Bri, Korki, Sallas and Daross.

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* {{Adorkable}}: {{Adorkable}}:
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Every character as a kid can qualify, especially Aesop, Bri, Korki, Sallas and Daross.Daross.
** Even the Barbarian has his share of moments!



* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Between Aesop, Bri and Lenius, Bri is the Blonde, Aesop is the Brunette and Lenius is the Redhead.

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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Between Among Aesop, Bri and Lenius, Bri is the Blonde, Aesop is the Brunette and Lenius is the Redhead.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 Solon. 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.
* CerebusSyndrome: The story was a little depressing, to begin with, starting with a young and cheerful child lose 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]].
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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado reimagin Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…

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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado reimagin reimagine Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…
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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado reimagines Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…

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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado reimagines reimagin Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…
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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…

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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado reimagines Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…
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* {{Battlecry}}: '''"Woooey!"'''. Yeah, we are not kidding…


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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Between Aesop, Bri and Lenius, Bri is the Blonde, Aesop is the Brunette and Lenius is the Redhead.
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* BittersweetEnding: The webcomic ends in a pretty comply 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]].


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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A lot of RealLife historical figures appear in this webcomic, like the main character himself, Aesop, Yadmon, Thalis, Solon, Sappho and Dracon.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Archius and Yadmon. Archius was Yadmon's personal assistant ever since they were kids and he willingly received the punishments that were aimed to his master in order to protect him.
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* AndIMustScream: Aesop's reaction after finding out that both of his parents were killed and that he is, for now and then, the killer's slave.
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* AndIMustScream: Aesop's reaction after finding out that both of his parents were killed and that he is, for now and then, the killer's slave.
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* BidBad: Yadmon. The AdaptationalVillainy that he received had turned him into a psychotic ruler, addicted to one particularly lady, hunting her, her husband and her son for ten whole years, treating the boy like crap, because he dared not to receive the spear that was aimed at him and for not ''looking like his mother'' and then, proceeds to hunt down the kid again for ANOTHER ten years, capturing and treating him in an even nastier way!

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* BidBad: BigBad: Yadmon. The AdaptationalVillainy that he received had turned him into a psychotic ruler, addicted to one particularly lady, hunting her, her husband and her son for ten whole years, treating the boy like crap, because he dared not to receive the spear that was aimed at him and for not ''looking like his mother'' and then, proceeds to hunt down the kid again for ANOTHER ten years, capturing and treating him in an even nastier way!
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* BatmanGambit: After Aesop is crossed due to false assumptions over some people's death, Bri decides that it's finally time to act and wipe out Yadmon once and for all. She accomplishes this by [[spoiler: using her mystic powers as a Pythia. This results to switch Aesop's body with sir Rike's, Rike's body to his dad's, Yadmon, and Yadmon's body to Aesop's. It is followed by killing herself as a payback for this]].


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* BidBad: Yadmon. The AdaptationalVillainy that he received had turned him into a psychotic ruler, addicted to one particularly lady, hunting her, her husband and her son for ten whole years, treating the boy like crap, because he dared not to receive the spear that was aimed at him and for not ''looking like his mother'' and then, proceeds to hunt down the kid again for ANOTHER ten years, capturing and treating him in an even nastier way!

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* ActionGirl: Bri. She spent her teenage years training under Lady Sappho, another ActionGirl, and now, she is a skilled fighter.

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* ActionGirl: AbusiveParents: Yadmon's father, the former tyrant of Samos. He sold his wife, never cared for his son and only saw him as his throne's thief and never let him decide for anything (with the only exception being the woman he would marry).
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Bri. She spent her teenage years training under Lady Sappho, another ActionGirl, and now, she is a skilled fighter.fighter.
** Sappho, who is the leader of an action pack girl squad and taught Bri everything she needed to know.
** Sappho's guardians, who are skilled warriors.


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* 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…


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* ArchEnemy: After killing both of his parents and taking him as a slave, Yadom becomes this to young Aesop. Not helping by the daily humiliation and torment, which made his loathing for him even greater. Even after managing to escape and live far away from him for ten years, Aesop still hasn't forgotten what Yadmon had done to his and seeks revenge.
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* {{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: set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].

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* {{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]].
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** Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.

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** Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.
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* CoolBigBrother: Lenius, in comparison to Daross. Lenius, despite having his left arm severed because of a serious infection, is still able to fight and being, overall, a badass.

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* CoolBigBrother: CoolBigBro: Lenius, in comparison to Daross. Lenius, despite having his left arm severed because of a serious infection, is still able to fight and being, overall, a badass.

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* 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.



* CoolBigBrother: Lenius, in comparison to Daross. Lenius, despite having his left arm severed because of a serious infection, is still able to fight and being, overall, a badass.



* FreudianExcuse: Yadmon might be a tyrant who torments the protagonist in every possible way and hunted down a woman for TEN whole years (only for her to be killed accidentally by one of his men), but the source of his problems stems from his [[AbusiveParents father's treatment]]. His father made it obvious to him that he didn't care about him, only saw him as his throne's thief and never let him decide for anything. The only exception was the woman he would marry.

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* FreudianExcuse: Yadmon might be a tyrant who torments the protagonist in every possible way and hunted down a woman for TEN whole years (only for her to be killed accidentally by one of his men), but the source of his problems stems from his [[AbusiveParents father's treatment]]. His father made it obvious clear to him that he didn't care about him, only saw him as his throne's thief and never let him decide for anything. The only exception was the woman he would marry. Obviously, he didn't want to lose the only thing he was ever free to chose.
* HandicappedBadass: Lenius. After he injured his left arm in order to trick the Spartan soldiers into thinking that he fought Aesop, because he kidnapped his younger brother, it got infected and he had to to cut it. Despite being neglected, he proved to be one of the best soldiers.



* StarcrossedLovers: Aesop and Bri. After their ten-year reunion, they are forced to be separated, because Bri ought to obey her destiny and become a Pythia, in order to be saved. To do that, however, [[spoiler: she has to forget everything about her previous life]].

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* StarcrossedLovers: Aesop and Bri. After their ten-year reunion, they are forced to be separated, because Bri ought to obey her destiny and become a Pythia, in order to be saved. To do that, however, [[spoiler: she has to forget everything about her previous life]].life]].
* TheSpartanWay: One of the city-states' culture that the webcomic covered was about Ancient Sparta, mentioning the ''Krypteia'', a ritual where Spartan youths were sent to hunt down and kill dangerous helots, and a glimpse of life in the ''Agoge''.
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* BigBrotherInstict: Lenius has this towards his younger brother, Daross. From the moment he entered the agoge, he promised himself he would protect him at any costs. Considering the harsh conditions and Daross's sensitive personality, it made sense that he sent him to Athens back when they tried to help Aesop return from Sparta.

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* BigBrotherInstict: BigBrotherInstinct: Lenius has this towards his younger brother, Daross. From the moment he entered the agoge, he promised himself he would protect him at any costs. Considering the harsh conditions and Daross's sensitive personality, it made sense that he sent him to Athens back when they tried to help Aesop return from Sparta.



* FredianExcuse: Yadmon might be a tyrant who torments the protagonist in every possible way and hunted down a woman for TEN whole years (only for her to be killed accidentally by one of his men), but the source of his problems stems from his [[AbusiveParents father's treatment]]. His father made it obvious to him that he didn't care about him, only saw him as his throne's thief and never let him decide for anything. The only exception was the woman he would marry.

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* FredianExcuse: FreudianExcuse: Yadmon might be a tyrant who torments the protagonist in every possible way and hunted down a woman for TEN whole years (only for her to be killed accidentally by one of his men), but the source of his problems stems from his [[AbusiveParents father's treatment]]. His father made it obvious to him that he didn't care about him, only saw him as his throne's thief and never let him decide for anything. The only exception was the woman he would marry.
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* BigBrotherInstict: Lenius has this towards his younger brother, Daross. From the moment he entered the agoge, he promised himself he would protect him at any costs. Considering the harsh conditions and Daross's sensitive personality, it made sense that he sent him to Athens back when they tried to help Aesop return from Sparta.
* ComingOfAgeStory: The webtoon narrates Aesop's life, right from his childhood days, till the day he grew old.


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* FredianExcuse: Yadmon might be a tyrant who torments the protagonist in every possible way and hunted down a woman for TEN whole years (only for her to be killed accidentally by one of his men), but the source of his problems stems from his [[AbusiveParents father's treatment]]. His father made it obvious to him that he didn't care about him, only saw him as his throne's thief and never let him decide for anything. The only exception was the woman he would marry.


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* ProudWarriorRace: The Spartans are this, arguably…
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Yadmon, in Real life, actually cared about RealLife Aesop and tried to free him. In the webtoon, he killed his parents, tormented him in daily basis, hunted him down for ten straight years after Aesop managed to escape, and still treated him the same awful way he did when the latter was a kid.


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*** One, however, would consider it a BrokenAesop and argue that this causes more problems.


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* AthensAndSparta: This webtoon features these two city-states, as well as various others, like Corinth and many greek islands, like Lesbos.
* EyeForAnEye: One of [[AnAesop the Aesops]] of a fable.


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* MadeASlave: Aesop becomes the slave of Yadmon, the person who killed his parents. Now, that's bad luck!

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* SatelliteCharacter: Korki and Sallas, who only serve as Aesop's friends.

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* ProtagonistTitle: The webtoon is named "Aisopos", after the titular character.
* SatelliteCharacter: Korki and Sallas, who only serve as Aesop's friends.friends.
* StarcrossedLovers: Aesop and Bri. After their ten-year reunion, they are forced to be separated, because Bri ought to obey her destiny and become a Pythia, in order to be saved. To do that, however, [[spoiler: she has to forget everything about her previous life]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Kollos serves this role, as he constantly tries to ruin Aesop's life. Taken UpToEleven in Chapter 36, where [[spoiler: set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: Kollos serves this role, as he constantly tries to ruin Aesop's life.life, for no reason whatsoever. Taken UpToEleven in Chapter 36, where [[spoiler: set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Every character as a kid can qualify, especially Aesop, Bri, Korki, Sallas and Daross.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Kollos serves this role, as he constantly tries to ruin Aesop's life. TakenUpToEleven in Chapter 36, where [[spoiler: set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: Kollos serves this role, as he constantly tries to ruin Aesop's life. TakenUpToEleven Taken UpToEleven in Chapter 36, where [[spoiler: set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].

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* AdultsAreUseless: Half the adults in this [[KoreanWebtoon webtoon]] are selfish jerks who don't know how to properly run their country. Specific examples include [[BigBad Yadmon]], [[SleazyPolitician Dracon]], [[FatBastard Dodonis]] and [[EvilTeacher the teacher in Agoge]].

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* ActionGirl: Bri. She spent her teenage years training under Lady Sappho, another ActionGirl, and now, she is a skilled fighter.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: RealLife Creator/{{Aesop}} was a dwarf and a hunchback. In this webtoon, he is a normal boy with cute/ good-looking characteristics.
* AdultsAreUseless: Half the adults in this [[KoreanWebtoon webtoon]] are selfish jerks who don't know how to properly run their country. Specific examples include [[BigBad Yadmon]], [[SleazyPolitician Dracon]], [[FatBastard Dodonis]] Doddonis]], [[AbusiveParents Yadmon's father]], who is the whole reason why Yadmon is who he is now and [[EvilTeacher the teacher in Agoge]].



** 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.

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** 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.meaningless.
* {{Jerkass}}: Kollos serves this role, as he constantly tries to ruin Aesop's life. TakenUpToEleven in Chapter 36, where [[spoiler: set up a fire at the Waterhouse, in order to kill him]].
* MeaningfulName: Kollos in Greece literally means 'Ass', and his main characteristic is that he is a {{Jerkass}}.
* SatelliteCharacter: Korki and Sallas, who only serve as Aesop's friends.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.

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Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.Athens.
** [[HistoryRepeatsItself Happens again]] with his son, Rikes, who fell in love with a beautiful woman from Samos, but it turned out that she planned to marry someone else…

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Half the adults in this [[KoreanWebtoon webtoon]] are selfish jerks who don't know how to properly run their country. Specific examples include [[BigBad Yadmon]], [[SleazyPolitician Dracon]], [[FatBastard Dodonis]] and [[EvilTeacher the teacher in Agoge]].
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.Athens.
* AnAesop: Given the fact that the protagonist is the TropeNamer, it's rather inevitable:
** 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]].
** 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.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she loved a humpty dumpty, Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she loved chose a humpty dumpty, named Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.

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''Aisopos'' is a HistoricalFiction KoreanWebtoon written by Yangsoo Kim and illustrated by Dogado and it tells the story of the infamous storyteller. It ran from July 2014 and it ended on March 2017 with a total of 130 chapters.

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''Aisopos'' is a HistoricalFiction KoreanWebtoon written by Yangsoo Kim and illustrated by Dogado and it tells the story ComingOfAgeStory of the infamous storyteller. titular protagonist. It ran from July 2014 and it ended on March 2017 with a total of 130 chapters.chapters.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yadmon, the BigBad of the series, is in love with Elli, Aesop's mother. However, she loved a humpty dumpty, Frontis, and they together, they ran away to Athens.
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You know his fables, but do you know his story? Yangsoo Kim and Dogado Aesop's early life as a slave in Ancient Greece. He becomes a prisoner after his parents' love draws the ire of a powerful ruler. And that's only the beginning…

''Aisopos'' is a HistoricalFiction KoreanWebtoon written by Yangsoo Kim and illustrated by Dogado and it tells the story of the infamous storyteller. It ran from July 2014 and it ended on March 2017 with a total of 130 chapters.

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