Soldier of Arete

by Gene Wolfe

  Til/on—A slave of Themistocles's.

  Troad—The area once controlled by Ilion, including the Thracian Chersonese, Mysia, and Phrygia Minor.

  Xerxes—Khshayarsha, the Great King, ruler of the Empire.

  Zakunthios—An island west of Elis.

  Zalmoxis—A shape-changing shaman deified; his name is presumably derived from the Thracian word zalmo, "skin."

  Zeus—The king of the gods.

  Zihrun—The alias adopted by Oeobazus.

  Table of Contents

  Soldier of Arete

  Foreword

  Part One

  One

  Two

  Three

  Four

  Five

  Six

  Seven

  Eight

  Part Two

  Nine

  Ten

  Eleven

  Twelve

  Thirteen

  Fourteen

  Fifteen

  Sixteen

  Seventeen

  Eighteen

  Nineteen

  Twenty

  Part Three

  Thirty

  Part Four

  Forty

  Glossary