Carolina QuotesThere is something I must tell you. When Leonidas selected you for the Three Hundred, I went to him in private and argued strenuously against your inclusion. I thought you would not fight. [...] I was wrong.
Steven Pressfield Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Polynikes p. 324
- work
- Gates of Fire (1998)
- year
- 1998
- locator
- p. 324
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