Leonidas at Thermopylae

The priests take the gold as a reward for denying Sparta’s war request. Leonidas did not want to disobey the priests, so he decided to take 300 of his best soldiers, as his bodyguards, and take a walk to the Hot Gates of Thermopylae. Along the way, King Leonidas and his 300 soldiers met some allies. The allies were shocked by the small number of Spartan soldiers, but when Leonidas asked their professions, he clearly stated he had brought more soldiers than them. The Spartans

The battle of Thermopylae occurred in 480 BC and marked the second invasion of the Persian War. Thermopylae was a region in the central east coast of Greece near Athens. Initially the pass at Tempe, near Thessaly was chosen to defend Greece, though this pass proved difficult to defend as there were three passes in which the Persian can simultaneously attack. The Greek fighting force that arrived at Thermopylae consisted of Thebans, Thespians, Phocians, Spartan Helots and King Leonidas’ personal guard

odds, the Greek army was able to use intellectual military tactics and outsmart the Persians with their colossal army was a huge accomplishment for the Greek city-states. The most important battles of the Persian War were the battle of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea. The first battle of the Persian War was the battle of Marathon. Persia decided to invade Greece to take revenge on Athens as they assisted the Greek territories in the Ionian Revolt over Persia. The Persian king, Darius,

The Battle of Thermopylae was in 480 BC between the Greeks and the Persians.In the both Zack Snyder’s and Herodotus’ version of The Battle of Thermopylae, modern culture and Spartan Culture as well as an allegory is unveiled through film techniques, characterisation and more. The Spartans in the legend have demonstrated the moral, fight for what you believe in the result of characterisation and more. This is emphasised in both Herodotus’ and Snyder’s version of this legend. In Herodotus’ version

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between alliances of Greek city states, which were led by King Leonidas of Sparta, against the Persian Empire led by Xerxes over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The battle took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the pass of Thermopylae ('The Hot Gates'). The event was later recorded by Herodotus, who interviewed the surviving soldiers and Greeks. When it comes to

“I am not here to represent Leonidas. His actions speak louder than my words ever could”, although Queen Gorgo believes this to be true, it is evident that her words still make quite the impact. The speech that was chosen for analysis was Queen Gorgo’s request of Sparta’s council to send their forces to the Battle of Thermopylae, from the movie 300. This speech was chosen simply for the fact that I have always enjoyed this movie and that I’ve always admired Queen Gorgo’s character. Although she does

was refused and the Greeks met that fall to form an alliance of the city-states under the leadership of Athens and Sparta. Receiving news that Xerxes was getting closer, a strategy was put forward which called for making at stand at the pass of Thermopylae. A narrow passage, with a cliff on one side and the sea on the other, the pass was the gateway to southern Greece.This approach was agreed to as it would negate the Persian's overwhelming numerical superiority and the Greek fleet could provide support

Leonidas was the king of Sparta between 488BC and 480BC. The movie “300” narrates the story of Leonidas leading 300 Spartan “body guards” and fighting to death against the massive Persian army led by “God King” Xerxes in the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Prior to the start of the war, Leonidas knew that his army was hugely outnumbered and knew with certainty that his move against the Persians was a suicide mission. His intention was to delay the fast approaching Persian army from reaching the

should not have, even Persian soldiers realized they were going to lose the war and that a large number of them would die. Xerxes led the Persian fleet towards Thermopylae and “as the Persians neared Thermopylae and Artemisium, major confrontation both on land and sea began to take shape” (Romm p. 139). This is the battle where Sparta’s King Leonidas died after a three-day fight. While this battle was

2016 Getting Ready to Go Hi, it’s Jacob again, and I’m about to time travel back to the past again. Today I will be going back to ancient Sparta, more specifically to the battle of Thermopylae. This time I will be taking the shape of a Spartan soldier. I’m hoping that I will get the chance to fight beside king Leonidas. I won’t find out here, let’s go. Day 1, Year: 280 B.C. Day of Arrival I have just arrived in Sparta and must I say it is beautiful. All the men and