Thermopylae
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Thermopylae is a narrow pass and modern town in Lamia, Phthiotis, Greece. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. In Greek mythology the Hot Gates is one of the entrances to Hades.
Thermopylae seen from the area of the Phocian Wall. The ancient coast was closer to the mountain, near the road to the right.
The hot springs from which Thermopylae takes its name
Battle of Thermopylae
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The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC at Thermopylae between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the c
Thermopylae
…It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. In Greek mythology the Hot Gates is one of the entrances to Hades. Thermopylae is the site of the Battle of Thermopylae between the Greek forces (including Spartans, Thebans, and Thespians) and the invading Persian forces, commemorated by Simonides of Ceos in the epitaph…
Leonidas at Thermopylae Jacques-Louis David, 1814
The Spartans throw Persian envoys into a well
Soldiers of the Achaemenid army of Xerxes at the time of the Battle of Thermopylae. Tomb of Xerxes, circa 480 BC, Naqsh-e Rustam. Top rank: Persian, Median, Elamite, Parthian, Arian, Bactrian, Sogdian, Chorasmian, Zarangian, Sattagydian, Gandharan, Hindush (Indians), Scythian. Bottom rank: Scythian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Arabian, Egyptian, Armenian, Cappadocian, Lydian, Ionian, Scythian, Thracian, Macedonian, Libyan, Ethiopian.