Meaning Of The Word Thermopylae
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Thermopylae Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Thermopylae?
Thermopylae in American English
in ancient Greece, a mountain pass in Locris, near an inlet of the Aegean Sea: scene of a battle (480 b.c.) in which the Persians under Xerxes destroyed a Spartan army under Leonidas Thermopylae in British English noun: (in ancient Greece) a narrow pass between the mountains and the sea linking Locris and Thessaly: a defensible position on a traditional invasion route from N Greece; scene of a famous battle (480 bc) in which a greatly outnumbered Greek army under Leonida |
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