Best Thermopylae Poems

THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE  - A SPARTAN DEATH WISH - 480 BC


300 Spartans or hoplites , the truly heroic                         ...

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Thermopylae, Thermopylae
King Leonidas at
Thermopylae...

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Hearing of a Persian invasion,

the Spartan King marched for his nation,

To a narrow pass, he would defend.

Persians demanded they drop their weapons,

Spartans replied, their future destined,

"Molon Labe"  Come and get them!...

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I can hear Thermopylae beckoning me upon my return
Leonidas’ voice calls me forward to battle with hardened pride

Time’s grains shifting bellowing out the past I have lived
And I am of that past…I can touch the echoes of who I was

I remember the summers heat as...

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Thermopylae
(To the fighters of life)
 
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1. 

I fought my way through life against all odds 
And came out victorious,
The enemies many, the battles innumerable
The pain unbearable,
But I stood my ground despite the beating 
Despite the cost, 

2. 

I faced malice, I faced deceit, I...

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Bold King Leonidas and his band of brave men,
Marched forth to meet their fate at Thermopylae's glen.
The Persian army, vast and fierce,
Hailed arrows down with deadly pierce.

But Leonidas stood tall and firm,
A Spartan king with a heart that burned.
He fought with might and with great...

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thermopylae still haunts me to this life. The sights I saw, the blood I spilled. When my men stood tall I stood taller. For every Persian my brothers killed, I killed two. When the sun set are sights were set. Tonight we dine in hades,...

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