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Thermopylae definition

Ther·mopy·lae (t̸hər mäp′ə lē′)

in ancient Greece, a mountain pass in Locris, near an inlet of the Aegean Sea: scene of a battle (480 ) in which the Persians under Xerxes destroyed a Spartan army under Leonidas

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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