The term Sacred Band, also Sacred Company or Sacred Squadron (from , Modern Greek: ) 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 See also Sacred Squadron (disambiguation)