Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)

Son of Witz · 26 Jan 2010, 22:35 · from 2010-January.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:35:23 -0500
Subject: (urth) Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)
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>> Why Latro is so favored by the gods is not clear to me, nor is why he
>> can
>>touch the Gods and make them visible to others.  (I'm certainly not well
>>versed in Greek Myth, so these are my best guesses)
>
> Well, he?s not merely *favored* by the Gods. He?s cursed by Demeter
> because his part of the Persian army desecrated the grove near her
> Temple. This IIRC was listed as a reason for the Persian?s defeat,
> particularly by the Spartan 300 (where Latro was wounded).

I vaguely remember something about a desecrated grove. Do you remember
what scene or chapter that was.
thanks. ~witz

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