Conn Iggulden

ATHENIAN
PROTECTOR

Book II

Contents

About the Author

Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. He has written bestselling historical series on the lives of Julius Caesar and Geghis Khan, and on the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels: Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta, where Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. His most recent book, the Sunday Times bestselling The Gates of Athens, is the first in his new Athenian series.

Also by Conn Iggulden

Dunstan

The Falcon of Sparta

ATHENIAN SERIES

The Gates of Athens

THE WARS OF THE ROSES SERIES

Stormbird

Trinity

Bloodline

Ravenspur

THE EMPEROR SERIES

The Gates of Rome

The Death of Kings

The Field of Swords

The Gods of War

The Blood of Gods

THE CONQUEROR SERIES

Wolf of the Plains

Lords of the Bow

Bones of the Hills

Empire of Silver

Conqueror

Blackwater

Quantum of Tweed

BY C. F. IGGULDEN

EMPIRE OF SALT SERIES

Darien

Shiang

The Sword Saint

BY CONN IGGULDEN AND HAL IGGULDEN

The Dangerous Book for Boys

BY CONN, ARTHUR AND CAMERON IGGULDEN

The Double Dangerous Book for Boys

BY CONN IGGULDEN AND DAVID IGGULDEN

The Dangerous Book of Heroes

BY CONN IGGULDEN AND

ILLUSTRATED BY LIZZY DUNCAN

Tollins: Explosive Tales for Children

Tollins 2: Dynamite Tales

Dedication

To Sr. Andrea MacEachen and
Sr. Mauraid Moran – guides in the wilderness.

Maps

Pronunciation

Military terms

	Ancient Greek	Ancient Greek Pronunciation	English Pronunciation	Meaning
archon	ἄρχων	ark-own	ark -on	Ruler, leader.
epistates	ἐπιστάτης	ep-ist-at-airs	ep-ist -at-eez	Chairman in the Athenian Assembly.
keleustes	κελευστής	kel-eu-stairs	kel-you -steez	Trireme officer.
lochagos	λοχαγός	lock-a-goss	lock -a-goss	Rank equivalent to captain.
phalanx	Φάλαγξ	fal-anks	fal -anks	Body of heavily armed infantry.
strategos	στρατηγός	strat-air-goss	strat -egg-oss	General, commander.
trierarch	τριήραρχος	tree-air-ark-oss	try -err-ark	Commander of a trireme.

Underlining indicates stressed syllables.

Locations

Agora	Ἀγορά	ag-or-a	ag-or -a	Open place, market.
Areopagus	Ἄρειος πάγος	a-ray-oss pag-oss	a-ree-op -ag-ous (as in danger-ous)	Rock of Ares. Hill in Athens used as a court.
Plataea	Πλάταια	plat-eye-a	pla-tee -a	Greek town in Boeotia.
Pnyx	Πνύξ	p-nooks	p-niks	‘Packed in’. Hill. Meeting place of the Assembly in Athens.
Salamis	Σαλαμίς	sal-a-miss	sal -a-miss	Island off Athens.
Thermopylae	Θερμοπύλαι	therm-opp-ool-eye	therm-op -ill-ay	Coastal pass. Last stand of King Leonidas.

Characters

Agariste	Ἀγαρίστη	ag-a-rist-air	ag-a-rist -ee	Wife of Xanthippus.
Ariphron	Ἀρίφρων	a-ri-frone	a -ri-fron	First son of Xanthippus and Agariste.
Aristides	Ἀριστείδης	a-ris-tay-dairs	a-rist -id-eez	Strategos, eponymous archon 489 BC .
Cimon	Κίμων	kim-own	ky -mon	Son of Miltiades.
Cleisthenes	Κλεισθένης	clay-sthen-airs	cly -sthen-eez	Athenian lawmaker.
Eleni (Helen)	Ἑλένη	hell-en-air	e-lay -nee	Daughter of Xanthippus and Agariste.
Epikleos	Ἔπικλέος	ep-i-kle-oss	ep-i-klay -oss	Friend of Xanthippus.
Leotychides	Λεωτυχίδας	lair-oh-took-i-das	lee-oh-tick -i-dees	Spartan king.
Pericles	Περικλῆς	per-ik-lairs	per -ik-leez	Son of Xanthippus and Agariste.
Themistocles	Θεμιστοκλῆς	th-mist-o-clairs	th-mist -o-cleez	Eponymous archon 493 BC .
Tisamenus	Τισαμενός	tiss-am-en-oss	tiss-a-meen -ous	Soothsayer.
Xanthippus	Ξάνθιππος	ksan-thip-oss	zan -thip-ous	Strategos, leader.
Xerxes	Ξέρξης	kserk-seez	zerk -seez	King of Persia.

Ten tribes of Athens