Molon labe
Sign in to saveGreek phrase and motto, a classical expression of defiance, according to Plutarch addressed to the Persian King Xerxes by the Spartan King Leonidas before the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
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- μολὼν λαβέ
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American Revolutionary War
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Achaemenid Empire
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Sparta
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Xerxes I
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Battle of Thermopylae
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Leonidas I
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Battle of Salamis
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Salamis Island
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Kingdom of Greece
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