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==Thermopylae==

==Thermopylae==

In 480 BC Persian King [[Xerxes]] was planning to carry out his father's intentions to conquer [[Greece]]. To do this he created a tremendous army consisting of 1,700,000 infantrymen, 80,000 in the cavalry, and the fleet had 1,207 ships in it with 200 men on each ship. Now at this time there was a Spartan oracle which said,

In 480 BC Persian King [[Xerxes]] was planning to carry out his father's intentions to conquer [[Greece]]. To do this he created a tremendous army consisting of 1,700,000 infantrymen, 80,000 in the [[cavalry]], and the fleet had 1,207 ships in it with 200 men on each ship. Now at this time there was a Spartan oracle which said,

''Hear your fate, O dwellers in [[Sparta]] of the wide spaces;''

:''Hear your fate, O dwellers in [[Sparta]] of the wide spaces;''

''Either your famed great town must be sacked by Perseus' sons,''

:''Either your famed great town must be sacked by Perseus' sons,''

''Or, if that be not, the whole land of Lacedaemon''

:''Or, if that be not, the whole land of Lacedaemon''

''Shall mourn the death of a king of the house of Heracles,''

:''Shall mourn the death of a king of the house of Heracles,''

''For not the strength of lions or bulls shall hold him,''

:''For not the strength of lions or bulls shall hold him,''

''Strength against strength; for he has the power of [[Zeus]]''

:''Strength against strength; for he has the power of [[Zeus]]''

''And will not be checked 'til one of these he has consumed.''

:''And will not be checked 'til one of these he has consumed.''

Leonidas seemed to believe that he was this king.

Leonidas seemed to believe that he was this king.