O xein!, angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti teide keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi.

Here lies Megistias, who died When the Mede passed Sephulchros' tide; A Prophet, though he would not save Himself, sharing the Spartan grave.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.