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Thermopylae

noun
1.
A famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece.  Synonym: battle of Thermopylae.





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... Transcends a bonfire, made to throw A light upon some raree-show. A simple proverb tagged with rhyme May colour half the course of time; The pregnant saying of a sage May influence every coming age; A song in its effects may be More glorious than Thermopylae, And many a lay that schoolboys scan ...
— An Anthology of Australian Verse • Bertram Stevens


Words linked to "Thermopylae" :   Hellenic Republic, battle of Thermopylae, Greece, pitched battle, Ellas


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