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Thespiae
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Thespiae was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia. It sits at the foot of Mount Helicon and near right bank of the Thespius River.
Silver Obol from Thespiae, 431-424 BCE. Obverse: Boeotian shield. Reverse: crescent, ΘΕΣ[ΠΙΕΩΝ] (of the Thespians).
Silver Obol from Thespiae, 431-424 BCE. Obverse: Boeotian shield. Reverse: crescent, ΘΕΣ[ΠΙΕΩΝ] (of the Thespians).
A kantharos from Thespiae (450–425 BC) inscribed in the Boeotian alphabet, Louvre Museum: MNC 670.
A kantharos from Thespiae (450–425 BC) inscribed in the Boeotian alphabet, Louvre Museum: MNC 670.
The Venus of Arles, modeled after the Aphrodite of Thespiae by Praxiteles, Louvre Museum: Ma 439 (MR 365)
The Venus of Arles, modeled after the Aphrodite of Thespiae by Praxiteles, Louvre Museum: Ma 439 (MR 365)
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
Thespiae
…began in 520 BCE under the leadership of Thebes. During the Second Persian invasion of Greece, Thespiae's 700 hoplites remained with the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae, fighting the Persians and allowing the Greek forces to retreat. Centuries later Greece honored them with a monument. Thespiae was one of the few…
Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas at Thermopylae Jacques-Louis David, 1814
Leonidas at Thermopylae Jacques-Louis David, 1814
The Spartans throw Persian envoys into a well
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, M
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.