I Tan I Epi Tas by Zemial
Rising from the East, a Giant, cast his shadow over the
world
A mighty army, unlike the world had ever seen,
one by one subdued great peoples of antiquity
Nations paid the price of servitude
surrendered earth and water �
"Live like slave or taste the truth of death"
Blinded by arrogance they cross the Hellespont,
facing the Phalanx that advances with drums of war!
Ephialtes - traitor! - Plodding beneath the oak trees,
leading - traitor! - the invaders against our men
The army of the Immortals scales the treacherous path,
ten thousand intruders breaking the silence at dawn
The Immortals advance; a rain of arrows covers the sky
Blood spilled at the dawning of the Sun
Three hundred men knowingly sacrifice their lives:
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