Carolina QuotesThis 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.
Steven Pressfield Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Polynikes p. 405
- work
- Gates of Fire (1998)
- year
- 1998
- locator
- p. 405
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