Best Leonidas Poems
Untitled #300 / Thermopylae and King LeonidasThermopylae, Thermopylae
King Leonidas at
Thermopylae...
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Categories:
leonidas, death, life, mystery, war,
Form:
Narrative
Leonidas, KingFrom Heracles immortal line sprang Kings of Agiad
The blood of Gods and heroes in mortal flesh thus clad
And such was Leonidas, half brother to the King
Cleomenes of Sparta, of whom the poets sing
When came the call to Athens aid when none would take the stand
Leonidas...
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Categories:
leonidas, history, inspirational
Form:
Epic
King Leonidas 300 and CountingKing Leonidas 300 and Counting
It was 480 BC
King Leonidas with 300 Spartan warriors held Thermopylae Pass
Fought against the vast immortals horde of Persian forces
Lasted and endured the Xerxes army
3 days with 4,000 allied strong for Greece
Resisting the first 2 days in mighty battle
With only...
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Categories:
leonidas, conflict, courage, death, hero,
Form:
Epic
Leonidas of Tarentum TranslationBlame not the gale, or the inhospitable sea-gulf, or friends’ tardiness,
mariner! Just man’s foolhardiness.
—Leonidas of Tarentum, translation by Michael R. Burch...
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Categories:
leonidas, eulogy,
Form:
Epitaph