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

Ancient world

  • Sacred Band of Thebes
  • Sacred Band of Carthage

Modern Greek history

  • Sacred Band (1821), of the Greek War of Independence
  • Cretan Sacred Band during the Cretan revolt (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 Squadron (Greece), a special forces unit formed during World War 2

Fiction

  • The Sacred Band of Stepsons, a fictional ancient cavalry unit created by Janet Morris and a series of fantasy novels and stories
  • The Sacred Band, a 2010 novel in the series

See also

  • Sacred Squadron (France)