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Leonidus
Xerxes
Themistocles
Ephialtes
Herodotus
Xerxes
Themistocles
Ephialtes
Herodotus
King Leonidas I
"Leonidas the Brave"
Born: c.540BCE
Died: September 480BCE (age approximately 60)
Affiliation(s): Supported Greek side. Spartan.
Family: Married to Queen Gorgo of Sparta, father of Pleistarchus, the King of Sparta after his death.
Distinguishing Features: Often pictured with shield and sword in full battle gear
Godly relations: Drew on his descendence from Heracles - from this he is attributed his brute strength and courage
Remembered for: Final stand against Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae
Quote: "When someone said to him: 'Except for being king you are not at all superior to us,' Leonidas son of Anaxandridas and brother of Cleomenes replied: 'But were I not better than you, I should not be king.'" (Plutarch)
Born: c.540BCE
Died: September 480BCE (age approximately 60)
Affiliation(s): Supported Greek side. Spartan.
Family: Married to Queen Gorgo of Sparta, father of Pleistarchus, the King of Sparta after his death.
Distinguishing Features: Often pictured with shield and sword in full battle gear
Godly relations: Drew on his descendence from Heracles - from this he is attributed his brute strength and courage
Remembered for: Final stand against Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae
Quote: "When someone said to him: 'Except for being king you are not at all superior to us,' Leonidas son of Anaxandridas and brother of Cleomenes replied: 'But were I not better than you, I should not be king.'" (Plutarch)
king xerxes i
"King of Nations"
Born: 518BCE
Died: 465BCE in Persia (age 54)
Affiliation(s): Was on Persian side of the conflict
Family: Son of Darius the Great and Atossa (daughter of Cyrus the Great)
Distinguishing Features: Longs curly beard
Godly relations: Didn't follow Greek religion
Remembered for: Persian King of the Archaemenian dynasty. Key belligerent in Second Persian War
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Born: 518BCE
Died: 465BCE in Persia (age 54)
Affiliation(s): Was on Persian side of the conflict
Family: Son of Darius the Great and Atossa (daughter of Cyrus the Great)
Distinguishing Features: Longs curly beard
Godly relations: Didn't follow Greek religion
Remembered for: Persian King of the Archaemenian dynasty. Key belligerent in Second Persian War
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themistocles
"Glory of the Law"
Born: c.534BCE
Died: 459BCE
Affiliation(s): Greece and Athens to c.469BCE
Persia from 471-459BCE
Family: Son of Neocles. Lower-class immigrant to Athens in youth.
Distinguishing Features: Athenian horsehair helmet
Godly relations: None as a foreigner to Greece
Remembered for: It was his idea to block the pass at Thermopylae which he knew the Persians must travel through
Quote: "The man most instrumental in achieving the salvation of Greece" (Plutarch)
Born: c.534BCE
Died: 459BCE
Affiliation(s): Greece and Athens to c.469BCE
Persia from 471-459BCE
Family: Son of Neocles. Lower-class immigrant to Athens in youth.
Distinguishing Features: Athenian horsehair helmet
Godly relations: None as a foreigner to Greece
Remembered for: It was his idea to block the pass at Thermopylae which he knew the Persians must travel through
Quote: "The man most instrumental in achieving the salvation of Greece" (Plutarch)
ephialtes
"Ephialtes the Traitor"
Born: Unknown.
Died: c.470BCE
Affiliation(s): Greece to 480BCE at which point he betrayed Greece in favour of Persia
Family: Unknown
Distinguishing Features: Portrayed in popular media as severly deformed.
Godly relations: None.
Remembered for: Betrayal of Allied Greek forces at the battle of Thermopylae
Quote: "On dawn of the third day of battle, the Greeks discovered they had been betrayed." (Herodotus)
Born: Unknown.
Died: c.470BCE
Affiliation(s): Greece to 480BCE at which point he betrayed Greece in favour of Persia
Family: Unknown
Distinguishing Features: Portrayed in popular media as severly deformed.
Godly relations: None.
Remembered for: Betrayal of Allied Greek forces at the battle of Thermopylae
Quote: "On dawn of the third day of battle, the Greeks discovered they had been betrayed." (Herodotus)
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