Show A story ot of thermopylae in that epic story of thermopylae where the little band of greeks withstood the entire persian army until all had perished one spartan only lived liv ed to return and he only because he was so sick that he had remained behind the fighting lines carried back to sparta this aris lived there scorned and avoided by all until a year later recovered he fell valiantly fighting in battle even then they denied him the honors customarily paid the brave dead so hard a race was the spartan |