[lit-ideas] Leonídas Kai Hoi Tría Hekato (Thermopylai, 480 BC)
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:39:44 EST
I see it's in Herodotus VII, 220ff.
"Leonidas was killed, but the Spartans retrieved his body and protected it
until their final defeat."
VARIANT HISTORY:
"Herodotus says that Xerxes ordered to have Leonidas' head cut off and put
on a stake and his body crucified. This was considered sacrilegious."
"The tomb of Leonidas lies today in the northern part of the modern town of
Sparta. A carved lion monument bearing an epigram by Simonides was dedicated
at Leonidas' death site:
Go, stranger, and in Lacedaemon tell,
That here, obeying her behests, we fell.
Ώ ξειν', ἀγγέλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τήδε κείμεθα,
τοις κείνων ρήμασι πειθόμενοι)
Cheers,
JL
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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