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Thermopylae (/ θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː /; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Θερμοπύλαι, romanized: Thermopylai; Ancient: [tʰermopýlai], Katharevousa: [θermoˈpile̞]; Demotic Greek : Θερμοπύλες, romanized: Thermopyles [θermoˈpiles]; "hot gates") is a narrow pass and modern town in Lamia, Phthiotis, Greece.
Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column (now in the Hippodrome of Constantinople), also supports some of Herodotus' specific reports. [17] George B. Grundy was the first modern historian to do a thorough topographical survey of Thermopylae, and led some modern writers (such as Liddell Hart ) to revise their views of certain aspects ...
300 is a 1998 comic book limited series written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley.. The comic is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta.
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Hot Gates or Hot Gate may refer to: Thermopylae, a location in Greece famous for the Battle of Thermopylae; The Hot Gates, a collection of writing by William Golding; The Hot Gate, third book in the Troy Rising series by John Ringo; Hot Gates, a song written by Christopher Torr, and sung by Laurika Rauch
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The battle's earliest known appearance in culture is a series of epigrams commemorating the dead written by Simonides of Ceos in the battle's aftermath. [2] Already by the fourth century BCE, the battle had been reframed as a victory of sorts in Greek writing, in contrast to how it was described by fifth-century BCE Greek historian Herodotus.