Spartan (book)
 Spartan (original title: Lo Scudo di Talos) is a historical fiction novel written by the Italian writer Valerio Massimo Manfredi in 1988. It tells the enchanting tale of two Spartan brothers: Brithos the elder of the two a strong and healthy boy and Talos a crippled and weak. Because of the rigorous Spartan laws Talos must be sacrificed to the wolves of Mount Taygetus as his physical weakness would not permit him to help the military city of Sparta during its many wars.