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«Go tell the Spartans

Stranger passing by

That here obedient

To their laws, we lie»

(Simonides)

In 480, before Christ’s birth

The Persian empire was

The greatest on earth

The army and navy

Of Xerxes the first

Began their invasion

To conquer Greece

300 Spartans and 7000 allies

Marched out to Thermopylae

A narrow mountain pass

Their mission was to delay

The Persian advance

To encourage the Greeks

To keep morale high

13 years they were schooled

In the Spartan art of war

In the phalanx formation

Thousands fighting as one

The Persians draw their bows

Arrows blot out the sun

Our battle hymns sound loud

The slaughter has begun

Their infantry attacks

But they don’t have a chance

Against our heavy shields

Against our mighty spears

Xerxes from above

Sitting on his throne

He sends more men to fight

He sees his immortals fall

Bodies lay down dead with

Cut throats, smashed heads

Their last gaze at the sky

The fear’s still in their eyes

The blood has reached

Our knees, two days

We’ll kill and die

The third day will be the last

A traitor’s by our side

The allies have been dismissed

Their duty they have done

But soon they’ll get the chance

To fight Xerxes again

The flesh is the source

The source of all fear

But this flesh is not ours

It belongs to the Gods

And I hail them for this

'cause my mind is now clear

Stronger than pain and fear

Now I’ll fight to the death

And when their swords broke

They fought with hands

And teeth

Side by side with

Their comrades

They died as they wished

The battle is lost now

But their sacrifice’s great

Their death will be honoured till

Eternity ends… till eternity ends

They knew that

This was their final fight

This was their certain end

But in their hearts and

In their minds, they tamed

The fear of death

With courage and with

Bravery, they made

Their last stand

With blood they wrote

Their history, for glory

They have died

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