25 March 2007

better known as the phalanx position...

It is beautiful when a brave man of the front ranks
falls and dies, battling for his homeland...
Young men, fight shield to shield and never succumb
to panic or miserable flight,
but steel the heart in your chests with
magnificence and courage.
Forget your own life
when you grapple with the enemy.

— Tyrtaeus: The War Songs Of Tyrtaeus



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