103) the punishment of the gods Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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The punishment of the gods He had called them all to his capital. Nomads from the steppes brought carpets and sturdy camels, the mountain dwellers brought precious stones, ores and salts from their mines, the fishermen from the sea regions brought mussels and fish, the artisans from the cities their products and the traders goods and slaves from China, India, Egypt and Greece. The Greek slave was athletically built and was asked about his country with the help of an interpreter. His voice was pure and not at all submissive. He had been captured during a campaign and taken to the capital. When he said that there was no king there and that the gods were being criticised, he was quickly taken to an adjoining room so that the king could interrogate him alone in the presence of the interpreter. There are slaves there too, but the locals are all equal and take part in the meetings to decide on important matters of the city community. “What a strange country!” - the king thought by himself. - “But I am sure that the sun also rises in the east and goes down in the west and that the earth does not turn around. At the end of the day, these Greeks might want to claim that the earth is a sphere. And they also criticise their gods. How can one slander higher powers and gods?” While he was thinking by himself, the idea occurred to him that one would have to conquer this country because a community without a leader is weak and then show them who the Lord on earth is. He gathered his military staff to order them to work out the plans for this campaign. After several months, the army started moving. From a distance, it looked like there were millions of fighters. They covered the ground like a plague of locusts. The weather was bad and a nasty wind blew them in the face. The king made the wind beat with whips. The wind should also bend down to him. Then they came to the sea and built a bridge out of ships. A great storm came up and destroyed the bridge. Again the king let the whips speak to punish the sea. Three hundred lashes for the untamed element. At last, they had crossed and the huge army was walking in a long line along the coast. At a place with warm springs, they suddenly faced three hundred Spartans. "What do they want?" - asked the king over hundreds of nations and 150,000 warriors. He gave the order to attack. Again and again, his soldiers rushed against this small heap of defenders. They lined up in six rows. If the foremost had exhausted his strength or was wounded, he went backwards, or if he had fallen, the next one took his place. The king thought that these three hundred defenders were worse than the sea and the wind. They didn't even let themselves be flogged. The whole group had to be bypassed. Therefore, the ruler sent a few thousand warriors into the mountains to appear in the rear of the Spartans. The brave Spartans could no longer withstand the pressure from two sides. However, the Persians had to ask themselves what kind of spirit drove these people to sacrifice their lives for what they called freedom. And what was still to come? It was different from Asia Minor and Persia, not only mountainous, but also the population and resistance were better organised. They made the same experience with every mountain pass. A small group of warriors blocked every way for the Asians. They had to try it across the sea. Large galleys were loaded with many fighters and war material and now drove undisturbed along the shore. The numerous islands and bays offered protection from storms and high waves. The ships were overloaded and difficult to manoeuvre. And then, it happened, suddenly they were there, small, manoeuvrable, Greek boats with battering rams were just driving into the large galleys and leaking them largely. Without much struggle, one Persian ship after the other sank. The king could hardly save himself from the trap. Maybe some of the gods were just freedom loving! Back to list!

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