The sun is shining
High in the sky
The storm is brewing
Our fates here lie
Their massive armies
are straight ahead
The time has come
I know we're dead
This greatest feat
Has now me flattered
Though our chances of victory
Are completely shattered
Armour clank, feet stomp
Their hoplites are charging
The arrows are falling
like rain from the sky
The battle's begun
life's river runs dry
The Persians arrived
At the Thermopylae pass
Their magnificent armies
with grandeur pass
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Legend of the Three Hundred
PoetryLegend of the Three Hundred is about the battle of Thermopylae where famously 300 Spartan hoplites resisted against the military advances of the Persian Empire (headed by Xerxes) in the 5th century B.C. It is to note that there were more troops figh...
