Monologue From Athena's War Against The Spartans

Hello my love, I'm writing to you a little further than usual from outside the city in this horrible war against the Spartans. Hope you're safe and tending to the house and watching over the children back home. I can’t wait to get back home and take a dip in the public bath and enjoy the company of friends. My love I hope the children are enjoying the sunny days and playing outside in the garden, and I hope that our son liked the toy chariot we got him. I know we married because I was the best fit for your father. But thank you for growing with me and giving me two strong, responsible, and intelligent boys who will fight for the cause. Have you been missing me? I’ve had some terrible dreams of you and everyone getting murdered by Spartan scum. Have you thought about that? Have you had any nightmares about my death, my love? I must be honest with you my love. I don’t worry as much because I made enough money for body armor and helmets for protection against the Spartans. But I look

Remember when we took a stroll out to Athens harbor, I personally liked the smell of the spices they imported from Egypt. We are the largest and most powerful Greek state with huge public buildings, shops and public but separate baths. I miss looking at Athena’s shiny gold dress as she watched over us. That reminds me love, I hope you're worshiping and helping the people paint her dress and giving the proper offerings so we wouldn’t be cursed. I heard a plague hit the city really hard and I hope it wasn’t because we didn’t have enough to offer or maybe it was the wrong offerings. I hope I can make it on time to be with you and worship Dionysus. You remember when we all got around that time of year when we worship Dionysus and that’s when our first child was conceived. The great Dionysus blessed our family with him. I hear how smites other families by cursing their unborn children because they didn’t have enough to offer for his