Α SIMPLE MAN
WAS ARISTODEMUS,
UNTIL AN ORACLE FROM DELPHI
URGED HIM TO SACRIFICE
HIS DAUGHTER, SO THAT
MESSINIANS MIGHT DEFEAT
ΤΗΕ SPARTANS, THEIR BESIEGERS.
AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS,
AS KING, HE COUNTLESS TIMES
REPELLED ENEMY TROOPS.
HIS VICTORIES WERE GLORIOUS
BUT TEMPORARY…
FOR FINALLY AN INSIDIOUS
WAVE OF DESPAIR
DEFEATED HIM.
If only freedom did not need our bloody sacrifices, nor in unjust attacks did faith give way…
For more inspiration: Aristodemou Street near Vasilikon is a central street of Kalamata that "remembers" the ancient king.
