The Rise and the Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes

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  • Author : G. A. Hauser
  • Release Date : 2011-11-07
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Genre : Fiction
  • Pages : 254
  • ISBN 13 : 9781466408869
  • File Size : 14,14 MB
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The Rise and the Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes by G. A. Hauser PDF Summary

Book Description: In the year 338 BC on the plain of Chaeronea, a war was fought between the allied armies of Thebes and Athens, against the might of Macedon ruled by King Philip and his son Alexander the Great. In that bloody battle Thebes was defeated and lost almost every man of its exclusive fighting force called the Sacred Band. Nikanoras, born the only son to an aristocrat, is sent to train with a mentor and find a male lover in order to be selected to serve with the Sacred Band of Thebes. Unknown to Nikanoras his mentor holds a treacherous secret over his father and is in love with his mother. After Nikanoras is sent away for training, his mother and mentor kill his father and hope Nikanoras will die in war. Throughout the murderous intrigue, Nikanoras' one saving grace is his lover, beautiful Meleagros, the only thing in his life that is stable. Together they face their destiny- to live or die in battle.

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