Thermopylae
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Thermopylae
a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
Kiwis are among the many to have made a stand at Thermopylae, writes Jim Eagles. nzherald.co.nz
The battle of Thermopylae looms again. fayobserver.com
Your determination and actions in the last few days mirror those of Leonidas at Thermopylae ( and better yet you did not perish. coloradostatesman.com
Afterward he entered Boeotia and at Thermopylae withstood the Romans who came to meet him. "Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6)" by
See, too, the handful at Thermopylae, defending the Pass, and every one of them giving his life. "The Battle of Principles" by
Each visit to Thermopylae has, however, deepened my conviction that Herodotus exaggerated the impregnability of this pass. "Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII" by
Such a taunt has never been weighed in the balance against the glories of Thermopylae. "Sword and Gown" by
Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae! "Lyra Heroica" by
I work at present as a bartender at the Golden Web, on Thermopylae street. "Man of Many Minds" by
Once through this pass the Persians overran the country; and all the Spartans at Thermopylae died fighting to the last. "Flag and Fleet" by
Thermopylae and the Phocian state. "Standard Selections" by
This coming fight is our Thermopylae. "Hidden Treasures" by
What had luck to do with Thermopylae, Trafalgar, Gettysburg? "How to Succeed" by
Is sacred with the deathless memory
Of martyred virtue, which on Death could smile,
At Marathon and proud Thermopylae:
He would spin his old yarns of the ships and the sea,
Thermopylae, Lightning, Lothair and Red Jacket,
And many another such famous old packet &mdash
Must we but blush?- Our fathers bled.
Earth! render back from out thy breast
A remnant of our Spartan dead!
Of the three hundred grant but three,
To make a new Thermopylae!
The Persians might have called them "black
Republicans;" they never lacked
The power to beat a foeman back.
Thermopylae, so famed in Grecian story
Is but another name for martial glory.
Wi' sea birds mewin' i' the rain an' porpoises at play;
I was a-coilin' up a rope above the col' grey sea,
When loud I heard the boatswain shout, "There goes Thermopylae!"