This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Agoge
Attested elsewhere in ancient sourcesThe rigorous education and training program in ancient Sparta that all male citizens underwent from age seven to thirty. It emphasized military training, hunting, discipline, pain endurance, and survival skills.
Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer
A dragon is the reason the 300 died. Leonidas used the magic of the gods to bind Kalaxes beneath Taygetus, and the price was his life and his men's. Sixty-two years later a seven-year-old of the agoge falls into the dragon's crypt and inherits the unpaid balance.
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