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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

Thermopylae Quotes

There was an old man of Thermopylae, Who never did anything properly; But they said,'If you choose To boil eggs in your shoes, You shall never remain inThermopylae.'

—Lear, Edward