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Xeones

This character dies on the final day of the battle, but the god Apollo decides to let him live to tell of what happened at Thermopylae.

Dienekes

This character is a Spartan platoon leader and veteran who is only eligible to be in the three hundred after his wife takes the son of another for her own.

Leonidas

This character chooses the three hundred Spartans who fight at Thermopylae.

Alexandros

While not normally a great warrior, this character does almost kill the Persian king with an eight-foot spear.

Rooster

This half-Spartan character serves as a helot, but is later offered full citizenship for valor in battle.

Polynikes

This character, being both brutal in battle and totally loyal to his comrades, is the embodiment of the true Spartan warrior.

Suicide

This character uses shortened javelins, which he calls darning needles, as his weapon of choice.

Lady Arete

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