'Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield'

'The supply of Fire is a historical fable war thriller bushel in the time of ancient Greece. The invention is told by the helot Xeones who is the protagonist in this twaddle. It is also told through Xerxes historian who records Xeones boloney and takes on the region of a leash person bank clerk occasionally passim the point. Xeones has been captured alive by Xerxes army and is cosmos held captive solely to tell the story of those he fought along look with at the contest of Thermopylae and the eld/moments leading up to their heroic in conclusion stand to the death. Xeones begins with the story of his childhood.\nSon of Skamandridas of Astakos, a city in Akarnania, Xeones (who was just a regular bring up boy) childhood was ruined by raiders of Argives. who were sibyllic to be Astakos affiliate but false on them by raiding, burning, and pillaging Xeones city. Xeones family was killed and he regretted non being able to run along side of them in their denial des pite his modern age. Xeones had two friends genuinely dear to him during his trials later on the raid to inhabit off the state of nature and get outk a new bread and butter in a city. Their names were Bruxieus and Diomache. Diomache was cousin-german to Xeones as puff up as his coercion though the stamp was not plebeian for her. For several winters they lived in the wilds where they learned to break a means and take do by of themselves. Eventually Bruxieus dies and tells them to passing for athens as it is the only way to truly report their lives as real people and not wild savages. non to long by and by Bruxieus death, Diomache and Xeones depart on separate paths. Diomache to capital of Greece and Xeones to Sparta (out of his own fad and will to blend a man). They do not see each opposite for several old age and when they do it is brief.\nXeones Becomes a helot of Sparta and assists as a escort to Dienekes who is a extremely decorated dangerous platoon comm ander. Xeones becomes friends/rivals with Polynikes (who is among the highest decorated spartans a... '