Chapter Six
The Spartans
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For the next two weeks, the regimen was strict for every man at Olympia, but for none more so than Stefanos and Kratos.
Every day they would wake as Helios' fiery chariot broke over the eastern horizon, its golden rays slicing through the mist that blanketed the Peloponnese from Argos to Elis. They would eat a light meal, and then they would gather their things and head for the Altis to observe the morning rituals.
The Gods were watching Olympia now, and every man there knew it, could feel their eyes upon him as he sought to win the sacred olive crown.
Kratos was now storing his equipment in the tent of his friend Telamon, but when he invited Stefanos to do the same, so that he would not have to carry it around, the latter declined.
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