Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.

Ō ksein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tēide keimetha, tois keinōn rhēmasi peithomenoi.

Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their words.

For Lacedaemonians read Americans - to come. Here we law abiding patriot must lie, obedient to their words of law.

Read Victor Davis Hanson’s A war like no other: how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War (Random House 2005)