This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Ares
Attested elsewhere in ancient sourcesGod of war, whose spear Medea wields against Kalaxes. In myth, Ares fathered the Spartoi through a dragon slain by Cadmus. His volatile nature mirrors Kalaxes' destructive power, while the spear represents divine wrath tempered by mortal cunning.
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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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