(urth) Soldier Of The Mist: first reading (mit spoilers)

[Son of Witz]

>> Why Latro is so favored by the gods is not clear to me, nor is why he
>> can
>>touch the Gods and make them visible to others.  (I'm certainly not well
>>versed in Greek Myth, so these are my best guesses)
>
> Well, he’s not merely *favored* by the Gods. He’s cursed by Demeter
> because his part of the Persian army desecrated the grove near her
> Temple. This IIRC was listed as a reason for the Persian’s defeat,
> particularly by the Spartan 300 (where Latro was wounded).

I vaguely remember something about a desecrated grove. Do you remember
what scene or chapter that was.
thanks. ~witz