Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

The provide of Fire is a historical fiction war thriller sink in the times of antiquated Greece. The story is told through the serf Xeones who is the protagonist in this story. It is to a fault told through Xerxes historian who records Xeones account and creates on the role of a third person key outer occasionally throughout the story. Xeones has been captured springy by Xerxes army and is being held captive solely to tell the story of those he fought aboard with at the battle of battle of Thermopylae and the years/moments leading up to their heroic last dissent to the death. Xeones begins with the story of his childhood.\nSon of Skamandridas of Astakos, a city in Akarnania, Xeones (who was on the nose a regular conjure up boy) childhood was ruined by foray intoers of Argives. who were supposed to be Astakos affiliate but turned on them by raiding, burning, and pillaging Xeones city. Xeones family was killed and he regretted non being able to die along align of t hem in their defense contempt his young age. Xeones had two friends actually dear to him during his trials after the raid to survive off the state of nature and seek a bare-assed life in a city. Their names were Bruxieus and Diomache. Diomache was cousin to Xeones as well as his fixing though the feeling was not mutual for her. For several winters they lived in the wilds where they learned to hunt and take care of themselves. Eventually Bruxieus dies and tells them to honcho for athens as it is the lonesome(prenominal) way to truly overlay their lives as real flock and not wild savages. not to long after Bruxieus death, Diomache and Xeones stop on separate paths. Diomache to capital of Greece and Xeones to Sparta (out of his own passion and give to become a man). They do not see from each one other for several years and when they do it is brief.\nXeones Becomes a helot of Sparta and assists as a swell to Dienekes who is a highly modify spartan platoon commander. Xeone s becomes friends/rivals with Polynikes (who is among the highest decorated spartans a...