Not even the gods fight against necessity.

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

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

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