Definition of Battle of Thermopylae

1. Noun. A famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece.

Exact synonyms: Thermopylae
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Thermopylae

battle of Plataea
battle of Poitiers
battle of Rossbach
battle of Saratoga
battle of Sempatch
battle of Shiloh
battle of Soissons-Reims
battle of Solferino
battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
battle of St Mihiel
battle of Tannenberg
battle of Tertry
battle of Teutoburger Wald
battle of Tewkesbury
battle of Thermopylae (current term)
battle of Trafalgar
battle of Trasimeno
battle of Valmy
battle of Verdun
battle of Wagram
battle of Ypres
battle of Zama
battle of the Aisne
battle of the Bismarck Sea
battle of the Chemin-des-Dames
battle of the Coral Sea
battle of the Philippine Sea
battle of wits

Literary usage of Battle of Thermopylae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1850)
"battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas, king of the Lacedaemonians, is killed in it Sea-fight near Artemisium fought at the same time with the battle of ..."

2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"Results of the battle of Thermopylae. 8 2. Alarm and flight of the Athenians. § 3. March of the Persians and attempt upon Delphi. § 4. ..."

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