This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Cadmus
Known only from this scrollThe legendary founder of Thebes who slew a dragon and, under Athena's guidance, sowed its teeth in the ground. From these teeth sprang the Spartoi, fully armed warriors who fought each other until only five remained. These survivors became the ancestors of Theban nobility and, according to Prometheus, have a genealogical connection to the Spartans.
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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