This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Olive Tree
Known only from this scrollAthena's sacred tree that features prominently in her shrine and later in her tattoos on Acenes' legs. According to myth, Athena won patronage of Athens by gifting the city the first olive tree, which provided food, oil, and wood, symbolizing prosperity through wisdom rather than martial power.
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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