This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the ranks of Thespians, to a man, an obscure warrior among them. Into the fellow's grasp he placed the shield.


Polynikes p. 405 - Gates of Fire (1998)

Steven Pressfield Quotes

This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the...

This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the...

This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the...

This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the...