Of Gods and Heroes

<p>Asopichos’s life is a whirlwind. From our hero’s simple boyhood on the shores of Lake Helikē to his initiation as a warrior-lover in the Sacred Band of Thebes Elias Pagonitis’s <em>Of Gods and Heroes: An Unbiased Retelling of the Story of the Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece</em> will keep readers turning the pages. Eventually Asopichos lands at the side of the great Theban general Epaminondas in his stunning victory over the Spartans at Leuctra. <em>Of Gods and Heroes’s</em> denouement is Asopichos’s awakening to ultimate reality.</p><p><em>Of Gods and Heroes</em> is an unbiased and unsanitized account of being a gay warrior in ancient Greece. Inspired by Joseph Campbell and modeling Asopichos on both Luke Skywalker from <em>Star Wars</em> and Neo from <em>The Matrix</em> Pagonitis has written a book for every reader who like Pagonitis has suffered from the devastating horrific effects of homophobia.</p>