Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield

Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield: Literary Genius (225 words)
by arete - written on 13.12.00 (Very useful, 587 readings)
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Gates of Fire recounts the classic true to life tale from Greek history of when, threatened by an invading Persian army of somewhere between 200,000 and 2,000,000 (depending on which historical source you believe), the Greek city state Sparta dispatched 300 Spartan warriors to delay the advancing army. These 300 Spartan warriors and their allies, numbering around 1,100, made a stand to the death at a place called Thermopalyae, a small mountain pass through which King Xerxes invading army would have to come. The 300 Spartans and their allies not only held the pass through 3 days of fighting against the Persians finest soldiers but also, more critically, managed to destroy ...