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407 Pages·2008·2.36 MB·English

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1 Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 1
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Title Page
Gates of Fire 3

CONTENTS

Title Page 2
CONTENTS 3
Dedication 6
Epigraph 7
Map 8
HISTORICAL NOTE 10
BOOK ONE 12
ONE 16
TWO 22
THREE 26
FIVE 39
SIX 50
SEVEN 55
BOOK TWO 74
EIGHT 75
NINE 88
TEN 98
ELEVEN 111
BOOK THREE 133
TWELVE 134
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THIRTEEN 154
FOURTEEN 169
BOOK FOUR 174
SIXTEEN 184
SEVENTEEN 190
BOOK FIVE 200
EIGHTEEN 201
NINETEEN 209
TWENTY 214
TWENTY–ONE 227
TWENTY–TWO 238
TWENTY–THREE 243
BOOK SIX 258
TWENTY–FOUR 259
TWENTY–FIVE 286
TWENTY–SIX 296
TWENTY–SEVEN 303
TWENTY–EIGHT 313
TWENTY–NINE 320
BOOK SEVEN 331
THIRTY 332
THIRTY–ONE 343
THIRTY–TWO 350
THIRTY–THREE 357
THIRTY–FOUR 361
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BOOK EIGHT 373
THIRTY–FIVE 374
THIRTY–SIX 381
THIRTY–SEVEN 390
THIRTY–EIGHT 392

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 401
ALSO BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD 403
Copyright 404
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Dedication

FOR MY MOTHER AND FATHER
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Epigraph

Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of
Spartans and Thespaians, yet bravest of all was declared the
Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told
by a native of Trachis that the Persian archers were so numerous
that, when they fired their volleys, the mass of arrows blocked
out the sun. Dienekes, however, quite undaunted by this
prospect, remarked with a laugh, "Good. Then we'll have our
battle in the shade."

—HERODOTUS, THE HISTORIES

The fox knows many tricks;
the hedgehog one good one.

—ARCHILOCHUS
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Map