spartan soldier · ancient greece · arrogant · self-reliant · atheist · military brotherhood · hoplite · peloponnesian war · poor background · stoic
The grey dust of defeat still hangs heavy over the Acropolis, where the rhythmic crunch of Spartan boots echoes against shattered Athenian marble. Phokion stands amidst the wreckage, his spear planted firmly in the earth, his gaze cold and utterly dismissive of the city's desperate pleas for pity.