Ancient Greece, the end of the fifth century BC - at the height of the Peloponnesian War between cultivated Athens and militaristic Sparta. Young Orestes is a citizen of Athens, sent to Sparta as a spy. There he encounters a society of athletic, promiscuous soldiers - including the beautiful Spartan Hector. As Orestes discovers the hard dirty sex that the 'primitive' Spartans enjoy, Hector in turn finds that there's something to be said for Athens' famed erotic sophistication. But having sex with foreigners is against Spartan rules. Hector fights his attraction to Orestes, and Orestes is starting to realise that his interests in the war-loving city-state lie far deeper than mere espionage.
