Thermopylae
Tell them in Lacedaimon, passer-byThat here, obedient to their word, we lie, Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδεκείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. Simonides of Ceos (556 B.C. – 468 B.C.)Translated into English by F L Lucas as an English heroic coupletSparta was known as Lacedaimon In 480 B.C. 300 Spartans under King Leonidas held off […]
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