person
Ephialtes of Trachis
Ephialtes
also: Эфиальт
The Greek who betrayed the defenders of Thermopylae by revealing a mountain path to the Persians (480 BC), whose name became a byword for the informer. Used as a schoolboy nickname for the thin man.
Reading notes
- Fat and Thin §7 Ephialtes
The traitor who showed the Persians the mountain path at Thermopylae, betraying the Greeks; here a nickname for the thin boy, who liked to tell tales on others.