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The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae . The Persian invasion was a delayed response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece, which had been ended by the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. By 480 BC Xerxes had amassed a huge army and navy, and set out to conquer all of Greece. The Athenian politician and general Themistocles had proposed that the allied Greeks block the advance of the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae, and simultaneously block the Persian navy at the Straits of Artemisium. A Greek force of approximately 7,000 men marched north to block the pass in the middle of 480 BC. The Persian army, alleged by the ancient sources to have numbered over one million, but today considered to have been much smaller , arrived at the pass in late August or early September. The vastly outnumbered Greeks held off the Persians for seven days before the rear-guard was annihilated in one of history's most famous last stands. During two full days of battle, the small force led by Leonidas blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could pass. After the second day, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a small path that led behind the Greek lines. Leonidas, aware that his force was being outflanked, dismissed the bulk of the Greek army and remained to guard their retreat with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians, fighting to the death. Others also reportedly remained, including up to 900 helots and 400 Thebans; these Thebans mostly reportedly surrendered. Themistocles was in command of the Greek Navy at Artemisium when he received news that the Persians had taken the pass at Thermopylae. Since the Greek strategy required both Thermopylae and Artemisium to be held, given their losses, it was decided to withdraw to Salamis. The Persians overran Boeotia and then captured the evacuated Athens. The Greek fleet—seeking a decisive victory over the Persian armada—attacked and defeated the invaders at the Battle of Salamis in late 480 BC. Wary of being trapped in Europe, Xerxes withdrew with much of his army to Asia , leaving Mardonius to attempt to complete the conquest of Greece. However, the following year saw a Greek army decisively defeat the Persians at the Battle of Plataea, thereby ending the Persian invasion. Both ancient and modern writers have used the Battle of Thermopylae as an example of the power of a patriotic army defending its native soil. The performance of the defenders is also used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain as force multipliers and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds.
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Thermopylae - The Monument for the 300 Spartans

The Battle of Thermopylae changed the course of European history.
The history - behind legend - is the following; The Spartans knew that the Battle of Thermopylae would be lost for sure. That's why they really did not send any army. In order not to offend the other Greeks, they sent only King Leonidas with the royal guard (300 men). And that was not the real royal guard. They were all middle-aged men who left behind them at least one son as a soldier. This is the greatness of their sacrifice. They went there by knowing that everyone would die.
The epigram tells it all.
Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Η μάχη των Θερμοπυλών άλλαξε την πορεία της ευρωπαϊκής ιστορίας.
Η ιστορία – πέρα απ’ το θρύλο – είναι η εξής: Οι Σπαρτιάτες ήξεραν ότι η μάχη στις Θερμοπύλες ήταν χαμένη υπόθεση. Γι’ αυτό δεν έστειλαν στρατό. Για να μην προσβάλουν τους άλλους Έλληνες έστειλαν μόνο το βασιλιά Λεωνίδα με τη βασιλική φρουρά (300 άνδρες). Και δεν ήταν η πραγματική βασιλική φρουρά. Ήταν όλοι μεσήλικες άνδρες που άφηναν πίσω τουλάχιστον ένα γιο στρατιώτη. Αυτό είναι το μεγαλείο της θυσίας τους. Ξεκίνησαν ξέροντας ότι όλοι θα πεθάνουν.

La Batalla de las Termópilas cambió el curso de la historia europea.
La historia, detrás de la leyenda, es la siguiente. Los Espartanos sabían que la Batalla de las Termópilas se perdería con seguridad. Es por eso que realmente no enviaron ningún ejército. Para no ofender a los otros griegos, enviaron solo al rey Leonidas con la guardia real (300 hombres). Y esa no era la verdadera guardia real. Eran todos hombres de mediana edad que dejaron al menos a un hijo como soldado. Esta es la grandeza de su sacrificio. Fueron allí sabiendo que todos morirían.
El epigrama lo dice todo.
Ve y cuéntales a los espartanos, paseantes, que aquí, obedientes a sus leyes, mentimos.

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18 Leonidas Monument, Battle of Thermopylae, Thermopylae Greece

The Leonidas Monument commemorates the Battle of Thermopylae, fought in August 480 BC. Leonidas marched out of Sparta with a small force of 1,200 men, where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, to engage Xerxes' vastly larger army at Thermopylae. During two full days of battle, the small force led by Leonidas blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could pass. After the second day, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a small path that led behind the Greek lines. Leonidas, aware that his force was being outflanked, dismissed the bulk of the Greek army and remained to guard their retreat with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians, fighting to the death. The music we used is Rizzo by Michael Forman.

Leonidas monument, Thermopylae

Leonidas monument at Thermopylae, Greece

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Leonidas Statue at the Hot Gates in Greece

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GREECE: The historic site of the battle of THERMOPYLAE (Θερμοπύλαι) 480BC ????️

SUBSCRIBE: - The sight of the battle of Thermopylae, Greece, between the Greeks and the Persians. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Thermopylae is a place in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. The Hot Gates is the place of hot springs and in Greek mythology it is the cavernous entrances to Hades.
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Influential in ancient times, it's often called the cradle of Western civilization. Athens, its capital, retains landmarks including the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis citadel with the Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from the black sands of Santorini to the party resorts of Mykonos.
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Come and Get Them, Memorial to the Three Hundred and Leonidas at Thermopyles, Thermopylae, Greece

The main memorial to the Spartan heroes of Thermopylae, at the site of the battlefield.

Kolonos Hill and Leonidas monument, Thermopylae

Kolonos Hill and Leonidas monument at Thermopylae, Greece

Μνημείο Λεωνίδα, Θερμοπύλες - The statue of Leonidas, Thermopyles, Greece

The Memorial in Thermopylae, which was erected in 1955, by the sculptor named Vasos Falireas, is a sculptural synthesis that consists of the brass statue of Leonides with his spear and shield in the centre, while on the right and left and in a lower height we have the marble figures of the personified Taigetos, which is the highest mountain in the Peloponese and the personified Evrotas which is a river flowing through the whole district of Laconia. The figure of King Leonides was based on an ancient warrior that was found in the excavation conducted by the British Archaeological School in 1920 and was identified as King Leonides. It should be noted that the Heroon in Thermopylae was constructed and erected by funds from Greeks living in America.
Leonides' sacrifice along with his 300 comrades has become a timeless symbol and in the location where Lionides and his comrades died, ancient Greeks erected a momument bearing the well-known Simonides' epigram : Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. Which can be translated to : 'O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have been obeyed. Which means : 'We died here following the traditions of the Spartans'. After the battle in Thermopylae a stone lion was built for everyone to remember the name of the king that died in this location. His body was sent to be buried in Sparta in 440BC.

Фермопилы, памятник царю Леониду и 300 спартанцам || Monument of Leonidas, Thermopylae, Greece

Памятник царю Леониду и его воинам в знаменитом фермопильском ущелье. Место легендарной битвы с персами, где царь Спарты и его 7000 бойцов остановили 200 тысяч персов, и успешно имели их, пока не были преданы. В окрестностях при археологических раскопках найдены многочисленные свидетельства битвы

The Battle of Thermopylae -- Greece

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae (The Hot Gates). The Persian invasion was a delayed response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece, which had been ended by the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. By 480 BC Xerxes had amassed a huge army and navy, and set out to conquer all of Greece. The Athenian politician and general Themistocles had proposed that the allied Greeks block the advance of the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae, and simultaneously block the Persian navy at the Straits of Artemisium.
A Greek force of approximately 7,000 men marched north to block the pass in the middle of 480 BC. The Persian army, alleged by the ancient sources to have numbered over one million, but today considered to have been much smaller (various figures are given by scholars, ranging between about 100,000 and 150,000) arrived at the pass in late August or early September. The vastly outnumbered Greeks held off the Persians for seven days (including three of battle) before the rear-guard was annihilated in one of history's most famous last stands. During two full days of battle, the small force led by Leonidas blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could pass. After the second day, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a small path that led behind the Greek lines. Leonidas, aware that his force was being outflanked, dismissed the bulk of the Greek army and remained to guard their retreat with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians, fighting to the death. Others also reportedly remained, including up to 900 helots and 400 Thebans; most of these Thebans reportedly surrendered.
Themistocles was in command of the Greek Navy at Artemisium when he received news that the Persians had taken the pass at Thermopylae. Since the Greek strategy required both Thermopylae and Artemisium to be held, given their losses, it was decided to withdraw to Salamis. The Persians overran Boeotia and then captured the evacuated Athens. The Greek fleet—seeking a decisive victory over the Persian armada—attacked and defeated the invaders at the Battle of Salamis in late 480 BC. Wary of being trapped in Europe, Xerxes withdrew with much of his army to Asia (losing most to starvation and disease), leaving Mardonius to attempt to complete the conquest of Greece. However, the following year saw a Greek army decisively defeat the Persians at the Battle of Plataea, thereby ending the Persian invasion.
Both ancient and modern writers have used the Battle of Thermopylae as an example of the power of a patriotic army defending its native soil. The performance of the defenders is also used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain as force multipliers and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds.
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Греки гордятся своей древней историей. Вся Греция -- это музей под открытым небом.
Одним из знаменательных эпизодов её истории -- это Фермопильское сражение , произошедшее в начале греко-персидской войны 480—479 гг. до н. э.
Мужество, проявленное отрядом из 300 спартанских гоплитов под предводительством царя Леонида в узком ущелье Фермопил, преградившим путь персидскому войску царя Ксеркса I, осталось навечно в памяти человечества. Этому событию и посвящен мемориальный комплекс
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