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Tell them from Sparta, passer by
\nHere, according to their laws, we won’t lie!
\nAthens, to crush, the market seeks…
\nThey did not reckon upon the Greeks,
\nThe Wooden Horse of the IMF bailout
\nWas ignored at the gate, the soldiers kept out
\nFate favoured over favours bringing a terrible fate
\nShould it stand or fall, Greece will be great
\nThe world watched on awe, will tell and no…
\nWhen the Greek people together shouted… yes, its NO!!!<\/p>\n

\"YES<\/a>
YES ITS NO!!! #yesitsno #OXI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tell them from Sparta, passer by Here, according to their laws, we won’t lie! Athens, to crush, the market seeks… They did not reckon upon the Greeks, The Wooden Horse of the IMF bailout Was ignored at the gate, the soldiers kept out Fate favoured over favours bringing a terrible …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[571],"tags":[2206,2205,514,2207,2208,2209,2204],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","tag-oxi","tag-yesitsno","tag-athens","tag-greece-votes-no","tag-greek-referendum","tag-sparta","tag-yes-its-no","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-wG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":315,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/sitting-in-the-mouth-of-the-cave-of-pan\/","url_meta":{"origin":2026,"position":0},"title":"Sitting in the Mouth of the Cave of Pan","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th January 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Sitting in the mouth of the Cave of Pan With Athens spread far below Its easy to see the divinity of the place To the Athenians of long ago. 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