Economies of Seduction

..but if it helps just one person..

Ephialtes of Trachis was a hunchback. Although it had been his aim to serve in battle, the highest honor he might have in ancient Greece, he knew he wasn't a soldier worthy of King Leonidas of Sparta. Rejected, he went to the enemy camp in search of any honor the war might give. If Ephialtes were an honest man, he would not have fallen for the flattery …