Leonidas and his 300

The last stand of Leonidas--the Sparta warrior king--and his 300 men.
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[limasite85]

I was just wondering where is the sea or somehwere that looks toward the sea that resembles a cliff. I understand the land has worn down over 2000 years but this area looks like a plain and I want to see at least how close the sea is?

[DimitrisByDesign]

You know, that's a "very" good question--one I was wondering about myself when I shot the

footage.

Basically, the ocean receded throughout the thousands of years since then. Leonidas' epitaph does mention the sea--I only translated a part of it, not all of it.

[Isis8287]

Thanks for uploading the video, the greatest hero Leonidas.

I love Greece and its history, are wonderful

[Iwillra]

HAIL GREECE!

[DimitrisByDesign]

I see, Zgibsy. Now greek history is anecdotal. Wonderful. These posts are getting so creative. Let's see what the next agnostic has to say.

[zgibsy]

panostask, it was an anecdote which was then exaggerated and made a rule by todays "genious" western historians.

I agree with the rest of your post.

There are also many more anecdotes of strength of Spartan women.

[zgibsy]

The cliff was roughly where the road lays today,it is agreed..it can be clearly seen on an areal footage,the "new" land is different in color and river mark is different before and after road or ancient cliff line.And this theory closely matches with Herodotus depiction of dimensions of passage.

[tonysaveski]

a comment to jarsia about the facts and numbers of the persian army...the grecopersian wars are writen by herototus!there is a fragment where he writes about the bridge that the persians constructed with their ships in the ellispontus straits and that the whole persian army needed 7 days and nights!!! to pass!that strait is minimum 2km long!so 7 days for 100000 to 250000 is not so quick!(maybe they had bad weather in that week???)and then we have the numbers of the persians in platea...

[DimitrisByDesign]

Really? So why isn't it visible next to Leonidas' monument?

[ordasf]

In 1997 the 700 Thespians got a monument next to Spartan monument.