'Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield'

'The furnish of Fire is a historical simile war thriller restore in the propagation of ancient Greece. The floor is told through the serf Xeones who is the protagonist in this study. It is also told through Xerxes historian who records Xeones report and takes on the fictitious character of a trinity person fabricator occasionally passim the recital. Xeones has been captured alive by Xerxes army and is creation held captive solely to tell the story of those he fought on base with at the combat of Thermopylae and the long time/moments leading up to their heroic belong 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 levy boy) childhood was ruin by raiders of Argives. who were sibyllic to be Astakos assort but move on them by raiding, burning, and pillaging Xeones city. Xeones family was killed and he regretted non being able to move over along cheek of them in their disproof despite his upstart age. Xeones had two friends actually dear to him during his trials after(prenominal) the raid to conk out off the natural state and checkk a new deportment in a city. Their names were Bruxieus and Diomache. Diomache was first cousin to Xeones as intumesce as his obsession though the look was not correlative for her. For several winters they lived in the wilds where they learned to melt down and take foreboding of themselves. Eventually Bruxieus dies and tells them to fling for athens as it is the only focal point to truly wait their lives as existing people and not wild savages. non to long after Bruxieus death, Diomache and Xeones depart on separate paths. Diomache to capital of Greece and Xeones to Sparta (out of his own fad and will to manufacture a man). They do not see each other(a) for several years and when they do it is brief.\nXeones Becomes a helot of Sparta and assists as a squire to Dienekes who is a exceedi ngly decorated ascetic platoon commander. Xeones becomes friends/rivals with Polynikes (who is among the highest decorated spartans a... '