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* BladeOnAStick: The 8-ft long spear is the main weapon of the spartan phalanx.
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* HowWeGotHere: The book begins[[InMediasRes after the battle of Thermopylae has already ended,]] with Xeo's narration recounting the battle and his life story leading up to it.
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* HowWeGotHere: The book begins[[InMediasRes begins [[InMediasRes after the battle of Thermopylae has already ended,]] with Xeo's narration recounting the battle and his life story leading up to it.
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* HowWeGotHere: The book [[InMediasRes after the battle of Thermopylae has already ended,]] with Xeo's narration recounting the battle and his life story leading up to it.
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* HowWeGotHere: The book [[InMediasRes begins[[InMediasRes after the battle of Thermopylae has already ended,]] with Xeo's narration recounting the battle and his life story leading up to it.
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* AnyoneCanDie: To be expected, given that the story is about Thermopylae.
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* BreakTheCutie: A young Xeones briefly suffers this when village people break his hands with nails for attempted theft, making him believe he'll never be able to hold a spear properly, and thus will never achieve his dream of becoming a hoplite. It takes a fever-dream encounter with the archer god Apollo for him to find his inspiration again.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady:
** Alexandros is noted to look rather feminine, for which Polynikes initially mocks him for.
** The Medians and Immortals wear heavy make-up and eye-shadow going into battle, to which Xeones notes they almost look like women.
** Alexandros is noted to look rather feminine, for which Polynikes initially mocks him for.
** The Medians and Immortals wear heavy make-up and eye-shadow going into battle, to which Xeones notes they almost look like women.
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* FrontlineGeneral: Leonidas, as well as the Thespian commander Dithyrambos.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Dienekes's only reaction to ''losing an eye'' the first day of combat of Thermopylae is "I know."
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* BadassGrandpa: Leonidas and Dienekes are both pushing sixty by the time of Thermopylae.
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Your Cheating Heart isn't a trope
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* YourCheatingHeart: The central theme of Dienekes and Arete's marriage. They both were secretly in love with each other even when Arete married Dienekes's brother. The shame of this caused Dienekes to initially avoid marrying Arete when she was widowed, as per Spartan custom of marrying a brother's widow to preserve the family. Arete thus believes that gods cursed them with only being able to have daughters, ensuring the male line will die out, as a punishment for their illicit passion for each other.
** Xeones admits to still having feelings for Diomache even after having a wife and children of his own.
** Xeones admits to still having feelings for Diomache even after having a wife and children of his own.
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** "Rooster" doubles as this and an EmbarassingNickname for Dekton (after he accidentally kills a sacrificial rooster before it was actually supposed to be sacrificed, as well as for his belligerent attitude).
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** "Rooster" doubles as this and an EmbarassingNickname EmbarrassingNickname for Dekton (after he accidentally kills a sacrificial rooster before it was actually supposed to be sacrificed, as well as for his belligerent attitude).
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* AffectionateNickname:
** The Spartans refer to a Persian-Egyptian marine named Ptammitechus as "Tommie."
** "Rooster" doubles as this and an EmbarassingNickname for Dekton (after he accidentally kills a sacrificial rooster before it was actually supposed to be sacrificed, as well as for his belligerent attitude).
** The Spartans refer to a Persian-Egyptian marine named Ptammitechus as "Tommie."
** "Rooster" doubles as this and an EmbarassingNickname for Dekton (after he accidentally kills a sacrificial rooster before it was actually supposed to be sacrificed, as well as for his belligerent attitude).
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** Played straight with Dekton as well, such that the Spartan Peers even offer to elevate him from his helot status (he refuses).
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* YouShallNotPass: The whole purpose of the Spartan stand at Thermopylae, and why they chose the battlefield.
