by Kojack » Mar 23rd, '07, 00:00
480 BC
--Leonidas, King of Lakedemona, with 300 brave Lakedemonians and 700 Thespaes, Defended the pass from Thermopylae to Sparta, The Most known Battle in Greece, Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC, While the Spartan Army was winnign the Persians, Leonidas ordered Thespaes To Withdraw From the battle, In the mean time, a Spartan soldier named, Ephealtes, caught as a prisoner from the Persion Forces, He Betrayed Leonidas, and told Xerxes that there was a path from the back side, The half of the Persian Forces followed the path, and in a second, Spartans were outflanked, and outnumbered, the last who falled, was Leonidas.
--Now there is a tomb there and this tomb sais: Μωλον Λαβε which mean come and take them, Μωλον Λαβε is a historical expression, Leonidas sreamed this at Persian Forces, When Xerxes(king of Persia) Wanted from Leonidas to surrender, and give the weapons, και τοτε ανεφωνησεν ο γενναιος Λεωνιδας, Μολων Λαβε (and then the brave Leonidas, yelled: come and take them)
(translation)
και:and
τοτε:then
ανεφωνησεν:he yelled
γενναιος:brave
Mωλον Λαβε:Come and take them(here: the weapons)