勇者無敵 - 古德明

勇者無敵 - 古德明

KingPyrrhusattackedSpartawhenAreus,theSpartanking,wasawayonanexpeditioninCrete.Spartahadnofortifications,andthedefendersweretoofewtokeepupresistanceforlong.ButtheSpartans'braverymadeupforeverything.
Thenightbeforethebattle,theSpartanassemblywantedtosendthewomentoCrete.Butthewomenrefusedtoleave,andjoinedtheoldmenintheworkonthefortifications.
OfalltheSpartanswhodidmarvellousthingsduringthebattle,Phylliuskilledthemostenemies.Manywoundsmadehimfaintfromlossofblood,butbeforehediedhemanagedtocrawlbehindhiscomradessothattheenemiescouldnotcarryoffhisbody.WhenmostoftheSpartanswerewoundedordead,AreusreturnedfromCretewith2000freshsoldiers.Frustrated,PyrrhusgaveuponSparta.
皮拉斯王乘斯巴達阿魯斯王遠征克里特島,進侵斯巴達。斯巴達沒有防禦工事,守城者人數也不足以長期抵抗,但他們以勇氣彌補一切。
戰爭前一晚,斯巴達議會想把城中婦女送往克里特島,但婦女都不肯離開,和老年人一起修築防禦工事。
戰爭中表現出色的斯巴達軍人之中,殺敵最多的是菲利勒斯。他身上多處受傷,失血過度,頭暈目眩,但死前還是奮力爬到同袍身後,以免屍體落敵人手上。最後,斯巴達軍人大部分非死即傷,阿魯斯率領二千將士,個個精神飽滿,從克里特島回來了。皮拉斯無可奈何,只有解圍而去。