1) Battle of thermopylae 2) Historic Greek gate 3) Mountain pass of Greece 4) Pitched battle 5) Shipwreck of Portugal 6) Spa town in Greece 7) Tea clipper
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Thermopylae (iː; Ancient and Katharevousa Greek Θερμοπύλαι tʰermopýlai, Demotic Θερμοπύλες θermoˈpiles: `hot gateways`) is a location in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. `Hot gates` is also `the place of hot springs and cavernous entrances to...
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narrow pass on the east coast of central Greece between the Kallídhromon massif and the Maliakós Gulf, about 85 miles (136 km) northwest of Athens. ... [2 related articles]
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n] - a famous battle in 480 BC
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a narrow stretch of land between Mount Callidromus and the Euripus channel that, because of its geography, was a strategic battle site; in 480 BCE, 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas fought against the Persians and lost at Thermopylae and in 191 BCE King Antiochus lost to Cato the Elder.
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battle of Thermopylae noun a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
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