 To which Herodotus says Gorgo was the only person to uncover the hidden message and instructed the Spartans to “scrape the wax away” to find the secret message.This indicates either that Gorgo was highly thought of by Herodotus, who often left out the names of the female figures he included in his books, or that as the wife of Leonidas I, her actions and counsel were all the more noteworthy.Plutarch quotes Queen Gorgo as follows