Aaron's+story

A long time ago there was a Spartan warrior whose name is no longer known but his story still survives today. He grew up in Athens but when still an infant his parents died and he was sent to live with his uncle in Sparta. Not long after his uncle also died so he was sent to the army under the age of seven but he never complained.

But soon after completing his training a war between Sparta and Athens broke out and the chaotic fighting began. Not long after he was sent to Crete to fight because Sparta could not afford to lose it. Over time the Athenians did not attack so the army let off some guard, but this is what the Athenians wanted them to think.

Really what was going on the Athenians were planning an attack on Crete and it was right under the Spartans noses. Then after nearly two months the Athenian army caught the Spartans off guard and now it is evry man for himself to survive. Day by day hundreds of Spartans and Athenians die but Sparta holds on to Crete but they do not know an entire Athenian army was on its way.

The warrior is tired of day after day of fighting and he is growing weaker and weaker he also knows Crete and the war is already lost but the king refuses to see that. The next day he got ready for Athens next attack but it never came the real attack wouldn’t come until later that night. Also they would be sending the best Athenian warrior to fight and it is said that no man or even a god could kill him.

As the sun went down the Spartan army made sacrifices to the gods and prayed for the day that lay ahead, as the sun went down and the Spartan army went to sleep the Athenian army prepared for battle. Soon the warrior awoke and heard a rumble and he noticed it was the Athenian army marching on the Spartans he new he had to act fast or they would all most certainly be killed.

He went to tell his men and they barely had enough time to get ready and the battle began. Almost immediately the Spartans began to lose men fast but soon the warrior challenged the giant and killed him in one slash. As the sun came up there were only six hundred Spartans so they decided to retreat but as they came up over a hill they ran into Another one thousand Athenians so they decided to defend Crete to the last man and they did.

In the following months the Spartan king realized that the war was lost an finally surrendered in fear of his own life, the Athenians let him keep the thrown only to be over thrown in a rebellion two years later by his own men and his son who would make Sparta great in the next forty years. At the end of it all the plate was made to keep the story alive but it will be very soon lost in time and history and people will just forget about it.