Ellios, a fiancee of Yadmon, the powerful man of Samos, elopes with her lover, Frontis. Years after, Yadmonâs soilders find them in Athens living with their son, Aesop. Ellios and Frontis get killed by the soldiers and Aesop becomes a slave of Yadmon. But Aesop grows up as a strong man in hardship.