Spartans 4

By Pueros

for Tom

Chapter 4 – Castrations

(Susa, Persia, November 479 B.C.)

13 years old Lysander found himself in another caged wagon, this time shared with only three others, all boys. There was his friend, the similarly aged Alexias, plus a 12 years old from Phocis and a 14 years old from Thebes. The latter threesome had been selected by Xerxes’ Chief Eunuch as being the most delicious of the latest delivery of beautiful Greek boys and therefore worthy of castration and addition to the Great King’s boy harem. The young Athenian also had another function to perform. The remaining thirteen young lads from their dormitory were in another transport heading for sale in the capital city’s slave market, and most for immediate subsequent lives as eunuch catamites, local male adults having a taste for young geldings sharing their beds.

Lysander’s wagon, escorted by mounted palace guards, rumbled slowly through the narrow streets of Susa towards the specialist workshop. The chained boys, all redressed in short white Greek aprons to preserve their modesty, a typical Persian courtesy, did not know where they were going or for what purpose but were all rightly deeply apprehensive.

The wagon eventually reached the workshop, located in a narrow busy lane. A group of excited young locals, mainly boys but including some girls, had already gathered outside the large window of the establishment’s main workroom to watch the forthcoming entertainment. They had been alerted to imminent renewed fun as a result of the earlier arrival of the royal agent and the preparations immediately started by the proprietor and his slaves.

The frightened boys were unloaded from their transport and led inside the workshop to a cacophony of abusive shouts from the young group of impatient spectators. Perhaps fortunately for the chained Greeks, they knew no Persian and could not translate what was being uttered. They were therefore spared the indignity of regularly being termed ‘no balls’.

Lysander had to be dragged in by two of the strongest guards whilst the other boys entered more compliantly until they arrived at the workshop to observe the ancient bloodstained table, the tools and the lit brazier. Recognition of what was about to occur to them then suddenly dawned and they began to struggle as much as the young Spartan and equally as fruitlessly, causing much hilarity amongst the spectators.

The young quartet was chained to a side wall, hands to rings embedded above them and feet to some on the floor. Their aprons were then removed to much giggling and ribald comment from the male and female watchers as all four sported full or semi erections. The craftsman then walked along the line of young Greeks to examine their genitalia. He weighed the sexual organs in his hand before gently feeling the shape and structure of the ball sacs, ignoring the penises that were growing even more as a result of his inspection. The man finished off his check by carefully squeezing the young scrotums to gain an appreciation of the location and form of the boys’ testes. He then tied each ball sac round the base with thin leather cord before looking at the royal agent, still present, to receive instruction as to who was to be first to be strapped to the table.

The smirking royal slaver also walked up the line of horrified young Greeks, looking into their eyes before moving his own downwards to view their now firm erections and reddening scrotums. He always returned to look into the boys’ eyes again, wickedly broadening his grin, before moving on and finally indicating that the youngest should first be turned into a eunuch.

The 12 years old Phocian was unchained from the wall by the craftsman’s slaves and, despite his best efforts to avoid his destiny, was soon attached firmly to the table to howls of laughter from outside. The young Greek’s bottom felt the stickiness of drying blood underneath, present as a result of work performed earlier in the day and inefficient cleaning by one of the slaves. The man checked that the bloodflow into the boy’s ball sac had been adequately stemmed before gagging the crying screaming lad and picking up his knife to introduce the blade to the endangered scrotum. The spectators quietened as the required incision began. The youngster suddenly enjoyed the first and last wet orgasm of his young life as his gelding proceeded with speedy efficiency. The young Persians outside were rewarded for their reactivated raucous cheering as the task was completed, by application of the red-hot poker to the resultant wound, with the lad’s testicles.

The royal agent indicated that the oldest of the quartet should be next and so, after the new Phocian eunuch was bandaged and led to another room, where he was laid on a straw mattress to begin his recovery, the 14 years old Theban was dragged to the table to be similarly rapidly emasculated. Alexias was chosen to be next.

The 13 years old Athenian was immovably spreadeagled on the table and had his tearful pleading for mercy, inducing more amusement outside, terminated by the leather gag already used on his two now unmanned predecessors. Lysander therefore took up the loud entreaties, causing the royal agent’s smile to widen even more as it seemed that the young Spartan was finally beginning to break.

(To be continued in chapter 5 – ‘Harem’)