This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Peloponnesian War
Attested elsewhere in ancient sourcesThe real conflict (431-404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta, echoed in Alcibiades' fictional plot to destabilize Greece. His historical role as a traitorous strategist informs his manipulative use of Kalaxes.
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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