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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.
The name "Hot Gates" comes from the hot springs that were located there. [85] The terrain of the battlefield was nothing that Xerxes and his forces were accustomed to. Although coming from a mountainous country, the Persians were not prepared for the real nature of the country they had invaded.
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.
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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
The Hot Gates is the title of a collection of essays by William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies. The collection is divided into four sections: "People and Places", "Books", "Westward Look" and "Caught in a Bush". Published in 1965, it includes pieces that Golding had written over the previous ten years.