This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.

Spartoi

Attested elsewhere in ancient sources

Warriors born from dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, founder of Thebes. In myth, these "sown men" fought until only five survived, becoming Thebes' noble families. Atra's use of the term for Acenes symbolizes his rebirth as a warrior forged in dragon-slaying and hints at his future role in shaping Greece.

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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