Know Your Spartans
What is the name of the Spartan who serves as Xeo's master?
Dienikes
To a battlefield to witness the Spartan army fight an outranked opponent.
In chapter 12, the plot line breaks back to the present time (after the Battle of Thermopylae). What has Xeo so upset?
The Persians desecrated the corpse of Leonidas by beheading it.
In chapter 14, what punishment do Alexandros and Xeo both experience for sneaking away? What is the difference?
They are whipped but Alexandros is punished by his father ceremonially while Xeo is punished by the helots like a animal.
In chapter 16, Rooster and his family are captured by what Spartan peer?
Polynikes
What is Dienikes's protege's name?
Alexandros
In chapter 11, what are Leonides's orders regarding the enemy soldiers?
To treat their dead with respect and care for their wounded. He does not allow looting and plundering.
In chapter 13, Xeo is summoned to Dienikes's house by whom?
Dienikes's wife, Lady Arete
In chapter 15, the Spartan's efforts to prepare for the Persians is galvanized into action by whom?
The Spartan women
In chapter 17, who speaks up in Rooster's family defense and saves them from being murdered in the night?
Lady Arete
What is the name of the Spartan king who leads the men to battle in chapter 10?
Leonidas
In chapter 11, Xeo reveals the clever way Spartans have for accounting for the troops they have lost in battle. What is it?
The ticket system (explanation needs to be given!)
In chapter 12, what makes Xeo begin telling his story again?
A shamed Spartan king who works for the Persians convinces him its Apollo's will to tell his story.
In chapter 14, who helps Xeo (besides Alexandros) heal from his punishment? How does he help?
Rooster, he holds Xeo in ice cold water and then puts a poultice on his wounds.
In chapter 17, where are Rooster and his family taken by the krypteia for their "removal" from Spartan society?
To the butchery
What Spartan hates Alexandros?
Polynikes
In chapter 11, Leonidas explains the difference between himself and King Xerxes. What are they?
Leonidas leads his men into battle and faces the same fate with them, Xerxes commands from the safety of a command post, located away from the battle.
In chapter 13, what does Xeo have to prove to his questioners?
That Alexandros proved himself worthy of Spartan's courage and honor.
In chapter 14, what does Alexandros sneak Xeo to help him heal his wounds?
Wax of myrrh, a very expensive medicine.
In chapter 16, who is captured along with Rooster and Rooster's family?
Xeo and Alexandros
Who is Arete?
Dienikes's wife
In chapter 10, why are Xeo and Alexandros late to the battle?
They had to spend the evening swimming across the channel in order to get there.
In chapter 12, Polynikes is awarded for the second time in battle. He is the youngest Peer ever to receive this honor. What is his age?
24
In chapter 15, after Darius dies, what is Xerxes response?
He doubles efforts to mobilize Persian army to invade Greece.
In chapter 17, what allowed Dienikes to fight in the 300?
He claims Rooster's baby as his own illegitimate child.