The conversation of Xerxes and Demaratus at Thermopylae is one of the most interesting and moral scenes in history. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The Cutty Sark's great rival was a ship called Thermopylae, with a more conventional bow shape. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] Reference
This meafure has enabled me to determine the point of Thermopylae, which is alfo given by other means. From Wordnik.com. [Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the ...] Reference
1872: "Thermopylae" racing up the Channel to deliver the year's first tea cargo. From Wordnik.com. [The Zelig Prize] Reference
Thermopylae against all the host of the Great King. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
He had made a decision; it would be another Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
"The Spartans holding Thermopylae all died," said Sulla. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Thermopylae; both authors mention the journey for its speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
And so with a reference to Thermopylae, and the Coliseum and. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
At Thermopylae we led a united Greek force against the invader. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Just as Thermopylae rang down the ages, so too would Tridentum. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
At Thermopylae the advance-guard was composed of Spartans led by. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Maliac Gulf, near Thermopylae and opposite the northern end of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
"Our enemies are before us," exclaimed the Spartans at Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Spartans gained a name at Thermopylae, in which Leonidas and the whole. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
The Spartans and Thespians, mostly the Spartans, fought at Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [The Wedge of Gold] Reference
Why did the King slain at Thermopylae appear on the monument to Plataea?. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
I envy the 300, the Spartans who died defending the pass at Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [stormtiger Diary Entry] Reference
‘Thermopylae put thoughts of defeat into the hearts of the Persians.’. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
And did Thermopylae influence the course of the war against the Persians?. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
I thought of the 300 brave Spartans who fought the Persians at Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [Father and son Kensington pizza joint braces for the arrival of the big burrito] Reference
When they came to the pass of Thermopylae, they found a new cause for fear. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
When the next Greek fleet won at Salamis, there was no prelude at Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Thermopylae, because this story seems to possess a simpler dramatic development. From Wordnik.com. [Introductory American History] Reference
Thermopylae, and Salamis, the stories of which men have always liked to hear and remember. From Wordnik.com. [Introductory American History] Reference
A small Spartan force blocked their way at the pass of Thermopylae and held them for days. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
It was a shame he felt he had to die at Thermopylae; he could have made Sparta truly great. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Thermopylae, thinking on account of the narrowness of the pass they could check their advance. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
The arrogant Spartan, with a French-like glorification, boasted forever of little Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Hellespont, and advanced to the pass of Thermopylae, commanding the entrance to central Greece. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The Germans marched unopposed through the pass of Thermopylae and devastated central Greece, as the. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Hence they amuse their hearers with allusions to Caesar and Lycurgus, the Rubicon, and Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
Inspire me with stories about courage and sacrifice so that when I hit my own Thermopylae somehow I can stand fast. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Hear The One About Plato?] Reference
Right now the 300 people who signed this statement are as outnumbered as the Spartans who fought in the Battle of Thermopylae. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Austerity Chic: It's This Year's "Weapons of Mass Destruction"] Reference
"You're walking past 'The Coronation of the Empress Josephine,' 'Leonidas at Thermopylae' -- just one masterpiece after another.". From Wordnik.com. [The 'Code' Breakers] Reference
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