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	::: Star Weekend Magazine ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In Greek culture the stealing of a man's wife was unforgivable.
		Xerxes' forces were unable to break through until a local traitor, Ephialtes, showed the Immortals (the elite Persian footsoldiers) over a mountain pass.
		The Persians, able to surround the Greek forces, slaughtered them to a man. Not surprisingly, Ephialtes was not welcomed back in his hometown of Mais.
	www.thedailystar.net /magazine/2005/12/03/trivia.htm (1118 words)

	Dante's Inferno - Circle 9 - Cantos 31-34
		Ephialtes and his twin brother Otus (they were sons of Neptune and Iphimedia, wife of the giant Aloeus), attempted to scale Mount Olympus and dethrone the gods by stacking Mount Pelion on top of Mount Ossa in Macedonia (Aen.
		The traitor, however, was then himself betrayed: upon Ugolino's return to Pisa, Ruggieri incited the public against him (by cleverly exploiting Ugolino's previous "betrayal of the castles") and had the count--along with two sons (Gaddo and Uguiccione) and two grandsons (Anselmo and Brigata)--arrested and imprisoned.
		Pretending that the altercation was forgotten, Alberigo invited Manfred and his son to a sumptuous banquet; when, at the end of the meal, the host gave the signal ("Bring the fruit!"), armed servants emerged from behind a curtain and slaughtered the guests, much to the delight of Alberigo.
	danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu /utopia/circle9.html (2768 words)

	Treason
		Traitor may also mean a person who betrays (or is accused of betraying) their own political party, family, friends, ethnic group, religion, or other group to which they may belong.
		Likewise the term "traitor" is used in heated political discussion – typically as a slur against political dissidents, or against officials in power who are perceived as failing to act in the best interest of their constituents.
		Several people generally thought of as traitors in the United States, including Jonathan Pollard, the Walker Family, Robert Soblen, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were not prosecuted for treason, but rather for espionage—possibly because the foreign countries involved (Israel and the USSR) were considered allies of the U.S. at the time the spying took place.
	omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Treason (2948 words)

	The Greatest Traitor(s) - History Forum
		What about Ephialtes, the man who betrayed the Spartans and their allies at the Battle of Thermopylae and informed Xerxes of a pass in the mountains that would enable him to surround the Greeks and catch them from the rear of the fortified position by suprise.
		There are a great deal of stories about Ephialtes, a lot of people don't agree on the name or even if he really existed or one of the Persian just stumbled upon the path.
		A traitor is is no lesser regardless if his actions cost 1 life, or many thousands.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=55566 (1694 words)

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		Ephialtes directed all the force of the popular opinion against this venerable senate; and at length, though not openly assisted by Pericles [182], who took no prominent part in the contention, that influential statesman succeeded in crippling its functions and limiting its authority.
		An able and daring traitor, named Artabanus [187], but who seems to have been a different personage from that Artabanus whose sagacity had vainly sought to save the armies of Xerxes from the expedition to Greece, entered into a conspiracy against the feeble monarch.
		Either at this period, or shortly afterward, Ephialtes, his most vehement enemy, was barbarously murdered--according to Aristotle, a victim to the hatred of the nobles.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/b012w10.txt (18669 words)

	http://www.adamyoshida.com
		Ephialtes thought he saw the way the wind was blowing, the Persians were going to win, and so he got in line.
		Ephialtes ended his life as a reviled traitor, on the run and with a bounty on his head.
		Those very same people, those traitors who stabbed all decent, honest, and honourable Americans and humans in the back by opposing the just war in Vietnam, are still with us today.
	www.adamyoshida.com /2004/01/american-thermopylae.html (1341 words)

	Athenian Empire
		Also, with Cimon off to aid the Spartans, Ephialtes and Pericles stripped the council of the Areopagus of most of its powers, a big move for democracy.
		Although Cimon was friendly to Sparta, his naval policies and his democratic increase of the power of common Athenians both tended to increase the divide between Sparta and Athens.
		In 461, Cimon was ostracized, and Ephialtes was assassinated by anti-democrats.
	www.uvm.edu /~jbailly/courses/clas21/notes/athenianempire.html (1927 words)

	Ameth's Myth Page!
		Aloeus: He was the father of the Giants Otos and Ephialtes.
		After her brothers killed each other, she, in spite of law and the threat of death she burried the body of Polyneices, a traitor of Thebes.
		Ephialtes: He was one of the Giants that made war against the Gods.
	members.tripod.com /~Ameth/myth.html (4197 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber
		WHILE the Persians were hesitating thus, a Greek shepherd, Ephialtes, stole into their camp, and, vile traitor that he was, offered to show them another way to get into Greece, if they would pay him well.
		Ephialtes, true to his promise, if not to his country, led the Persian Immortals along this narrow way.
		Leonidas, who could not imagine that any one of the Greeks would be base enough to sell his country and honor for gold, had placed only a few of the allies at this spot.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=guerber&book=greeks&story=death (639 words)

	300 blogs about Frank Miller's '300': Blog Number 18 - The hunchback Ephialtes in Frank Miller's '300'
		According to the historian, Herodotus, Ephialtes was from Malis not Sparta.
		Spartan soldiers were in excellent physical condition with a straight spine perfected by their military posture, while Ephialtes was a hunchback whose curvature of the spine was analogous to being the spineless cowering traitor that he would eventually become.
		He was a traitor and no matter how they portray him in '300', I will not be able to overlook the fact that he 'sold out' his fellow Greek countrymen.
	300blogs.blogspot.com /2005/09/blog-number-18-hunchback-ephialtes-in.html (703 words)

	Military History Online - Thermopylae
		The Greek historian, Diodorus, speaks of Ephialtes coming to the Persian camp at night and telling them of a mountain pass that could take the Greeks from the rear (Flower 12).
		Ephialtes, the traitor, is portrayed as a disfigured humpback that worships the Spartans and wishes to be one.
		Ephialtes: traitor who showed the Greeks the mountain path to surround the Greeks.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /ancient/articles/Thermopylae.aspx (3195 words)

	King Leonidas and The 300 Spartans of Thermopylae: 11/21/2004 - 11/27/2004
		This contemptuous traitor whose ignominious actions led to the death of the remaining Greek forces at Thermopylae has unfortunately become inextricably linked with this battle.
		It was noted by Herodotus that there were two others; Onetes son of Phanagoras of Carystus and Corydallus of Anticyra who were mentioned as possibly consorting with the Persians by making them aware of a goat track which would allow them to surround the Greek warriors.
		However, it was Ephialtes who in the utter act of betrayal led Hydarnes and the Immortals through the path which ultimately led to the death of Leonidas, his remaining Spartan warriors and the brave hoplites of Thespiae.
	300spartanwarriors.blogspot.com /2004_11_21_300spartanwarriors_archive.html (810 words)

	Leaders and Battles: Leonidas,
		With an army of 7,000, he set out to hold the pass of Thermopylae against the Persians under Xerxes in 480 B.C. Initially he repulsed the frontal attacks, but when the Malian Ephialtes led Persian general Hydarnes to the rear of the Greeks, Leonidis divided his army.
		With 300 of his Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans, he made a heroic stand in the narrow defile.
		A traitor betrayed the location and Leonidas and all his Spartans fell defending the pass.
	www.lbdb.com /TMDisplayLeader.cfm?PID=5649 (119 words)

	footnotes
		This is the epithet that Faust hurls at Mephistopheles as the latter intrudes on the conversation between Faust and Martha in the garden:Mephistopheles: Thou, full of sensual, super-sensual desire, A girl by the nose is leading thee.Faust: Abortion, thou of filth and fire.
		The bargain being clinched, Ephialtes led a detachment of the Persian troops under General Hydarnes over the mountain pathway.
		I), where Hitler compares the German troops that fell in France and Flanders to the Greeks at Thermopylae, the treachery of Ephialtes being suggested as the prototype of the defeatist policy of the German politicians towards the end of the Great War.
	www.adolfhitler.ws /lib/mk/footnotes.html (1356 words)

	Alternate History Discussion Board - A different Thermopylae
		The Greeks were doing well for 5-6 days until a traitor, Ephialtes, showed the Persian King Darius a secret way through the mountains.
		The rest of the Greeks fled/strategically retreated, but the Spartans and a few stalwart allies stayed and performed the famous delaying action that brought them death and legend in the annals of military history.
		I mean, that in spite of Ephialtes alleged treason the majority of the Greek blocking force was able to retreat unharmed indicates to me that something's fishy here.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/printthread.php?t=2404 (2639 words)

	Dead Man Walker
		If the foreign prisoners are allowed to return to their homelands, John Walker should be tried in the United States as a traitor and at the very least spend the rest of his days making road ballast at Leavenworth.
		One poster previously stated that TRAITORS should not be afforded the dignity of a firing squad.
		While I agree he is a traitor and should be treated accordingly, I think that there could also be an advantage to our intelligence people to suck every last motivation, thought and plan out of his bleeping head before we explode it with gunfire.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/588871/posts?page=29 (3120 words)

	>>Pythagorean Allegories
		Ephialtes was the Greek traitor who showed the Persians a way around Thermopylae pass; blah blah.
		Skin dark and leathered from years of obvious labor, the man was led before the King, and was instructed to kneel and not to speak to the King directly, but to Orontes.
		“Ephialtes, son of Philimones*, your Majesty,” came the Greek’s reply.
	web.pitas.com /faorafine/26_09_2001.html (3167 words)

	Spartan Legion Pub : Home
		A traitor, Ephialtes, told Xerxes about the goat path.
		Xerxes had the traitor lead the Immortals around the path.
		He expected that the Immortals would be in position behind the army by noon the next day.
	www.spartanlegion.zoomshare.com (943 words)

	Traitors and Villains of the Ancient World quiz -- free game
		Traitors and Villains of the Ancient World quiz -- free game
		Ancient History : Traitors and Villains of the Ancient World
		After her patron's death she tried to leave Rome quietly, but her enemies ensured she was executed within a year.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=199919 (548 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor
		But that night, a Greek named Ephialtes came to the great king, and for a large sum of money, he offered to show the Persians a path which led over the hill down to the pass of Thermopylae.
		The offer of the traitor was at once accepted, and at midnight Xerxes sent his officer Hydarmes, at the head of his Immortals, to follow Ephialtes.
		It was at this moment that the Immortals, led by the [159] traitor, Ephialtes, reached the pass.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=thermopylae (1450 words)

	ARE THOSE WHO "SLEEP ON WATCH" TRAITORS TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIST?
		The name "Ephialtes" has been a "hiss and a byword" in Greece to the present day because of his treachery King Xerxes dispatched a huge number of his best heavy infantry to go with the traitor Ephialtes and the trail, indeed, brought them to a position of great superiority behind the Greek lines.
		However, it seems that failure of the soldier to be vigilant is as despicable and traitorous as being a turncoat.
		One of the main ways some are traitors to the cause of Christ is that they will not take a position, thereby committing themselves to either truth or error.
	www.hebronlanechurch.com /articles/traitors.html (2294 words)

	History of Ancient Sparta
		Xerxes was desperate but his luck changed when a Malian named Ephialtes told him about a secret path across the mountain.
		Immediately a strong Persian force was sent with Hyrdanes, guided by the traitor.
		At day's break they reached the summit, where the Phokian army was stationed and who upon seeing the Persians fled.
	www.sikyon.com /Sparta/history_eg.html (10532 words)

	Herodotus: Book Seven
		The next day brings continued success for the Spartans; the pass is held (212).
		Ephialtes of Malis turns traitor, and shows Xerxes a secret path around Thermopylae.
		Two other men named by some as traitors are exonerated by Hdt (213-14).
	academic.reed.edu /Humanities/Hum110/Hdt/Hdt7.html (2909 words)

	Book I
		The pass being defended was narrow, and Persian numbers could not be brought to bear; even the elite Immortals of the Persians were roughly handled by the Greeks.
		Xerxes was at a loss as to how to force the passage when a Greek named Ephialtes came to him and offered to tell of a path which could be used to encircle the defending force.
		Ephialtes-he stands strongly condemned by Herodotus-then consented to guide the Persions to the path.
	www.columbia.edu /~kdc2101/ebz5/lithum/asemester/Herodotus.html (5024 words)

	Traitors and Renegades: Then and Now
		You are an American traitor and you came to Israel as a guest of Peace Now, Israeli traitors- You constantly identify with the enemies of the Western world.
		Fonda might not legally be a traitor because treason consists of levying war against the United States or giving aid and comfort to its enemies.
		There is no doubt that Jane Fonda is morally a traitor to her country and to American servicemen.
	www.omdurman.org /traitors (1751 words)

	Mein Kampf, Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thus taken in the rear, the Greek defenders, under Leonidas, Kingof Sparta, had to fight in two opposite directions within the narrow pass.
		Terrible slaughter ensued and Leonidas fell in the thick of the fighting.
		The bravery of Leonidas and the treason of Ephialtes impressed Hitler, as it does almost every schoolboy.
	www.solargeneral.com /library/mk (1437 words)

	Gerard Butler USA
		Time and again the attacking Persians, including the elite immortals, were unable to get through.
		Unfortunately, a Greek traitor named Ephialtes told Xerxes of an alternate route around the pass.
		He led a large part of the Persian army to attack the Greek forces from the rear.
	gerardbutlerusa.com /threehundred2.html (1242 words)

	CliffsNotes::Republic:Book Summary and Study Guide
		But the next day a traitor to the Greeks, a person named Ephialtes, came and whispered in the king’s ear.
		Xerxes laughed because Ephialtes told him of a secret passage through the mountain, which would bring the Persian troops down behind the Spartan ramparts.
		So that night Xerxes sent his “Immortals” on their way to attack the Greeks from the rear while another wave of his troops would accost them from the front.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-154,pageNum-94.html (943 words)

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