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Keep in mind, the story is being told by Dilios, who exaggerates and fantasizes aspects of the story to make it seem more grand to the listener. So he would portray the Ephors as "Filthy, diseased, ...

The ephors, the powerful council of officials who helped rule Sparta, demanded that Anaxandridas leave Leonidas's mother and take a new wife. This would have changed Greek history as we know it ...

Plutarch does remark on the kindly nature of Agesilaus, however, when he explains how he dealt with the various aristocrats after becoming king: “At that time the ephors (senior Spartan magistrate) ...

Every child that is born has to be brought for inspection by five elected magistrates called ephors. Babies that fail to measure up to their standards are flung down a ravine.” ...

However, the movie employs a great deal of imagination in envisioning the battle. In the film, King Leonidas leaves Sparta with 300 men as his bodyguard, defying the orders of the Ephors. However, ...