Sacred band

The term Sacred Band, also Sacred Company or Sacred Squadron (from Ἱερὸς Λόχος, Modern Greek: Ιερός Λόχος) can refer to one of the following military units:

In the ancient world:


 * Sacred Band of Thebes
 * Sacred Band of Carthage

In modern Greek history, the name has been used to denote several military units:


 * Sacred Band (1821) of the Greek War of Independence
 * Cretan Sacred Band during the Cretan Revolt of 1866–1869
 * Cretan Student's Sacred Band, which participated in the Balkan Wars as a part of the Hellenic Army
 * Epirote Sacred Band (1914), formed during the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.
 * Sacred Band (World War II), a special forces unit composed entirely of officers

In fiction:


 * the Sacred Band of Stepsons is a mythical Sacred Band of ancient cavalry fighters that eventually unites with the survivors of the Sacred Band of Thebes in a seven-novel saga