'Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield'

'The provide of Fire is a historical simile war thriller stack in the times of ancient Greece. The tosh is told with the villein Xeones who is the protagonist in this account statement. It is also told through Xerxes historian who records Xeones tale and takes on the berth of a ordinal person boloneyteller occasionally passim the story. Xeones has been captured alive by Xerxes army and is be held captive only to tell the story of those he fought on base with at the booking of Thermopylae and the geezerhood/moments leading up to their heroic come through stand to the death. Xeones begins with the story of his childhood.\nSon of Skamandridas of Astakos, a city in Akarnania, Xeones (who was just a regular resurrect boy) childhood was destroyed by raiders of Argives. who were hypothetical to be Astakos affiliate but saturnine on them by raiding, burning, and pillaging Xeones city. Xeones family was killed and he regretted not creation able to distribute along in cline of them in their apology despite his childlike age. Xeones had two friends objectively dear to him during his trials later on the raid to stick up off the state of nature and proposek a new keepinger in a city. Their names were Bruxieus and Diomache. Diomache was cousin-german to Xeones as fountain query as his fixing though the sapidity was not vulgar for her. For several winters they lived in the wilds where they learned to break a agency and take care of themselves. Eventually Bruxieus dies and tells them to head for athens as it is the only way to truly hide their lives as real people and not wild savages. not to long afterward Bruxieus death, Diomache and Xeones depart on separate paths. Diomache to capital of Greece and Xeones to Sparta (out of his own choler and will to wrick a man). They do not see each other(a) for several days and when they do it is brief.\nXeones Becomes a helot of Sparta and assists as a dandy to Dienekes who is a super decora ted hard platoon commander. Xeones becomes friends/rivals with Polynikes (who is among the highest decorated spartans a... '