User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 354: Ephialtes, Review and Commentary/@comment-4999650-20131005182754/@comment-5268982-20131006222226

Well, he was not "important" as a soldier, he was actually a traitor who opened the gates in Thermopylae and this resulted in the greek Spartan army getting massacred. He is a symbol of cowardice and treachery. I don't see how he has something to do with this Kyouka chick >_>