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Philopoemen MP (-253 - -183)

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Cleomenes III, King of Sparta MP (-260 - -219)

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Gylippus MP (deceased)

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Demosthenes MP (deceased)

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Theagenes MP (deceased)

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Cimon MP (-510 - -451)

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Aristides MP (-530 - -468)

Aristides (or Aristeides, Greek: Ἀριστείδης, 530 BC – 468 BC) was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nicknamed "the Just", he flourished in the early quarter of Athens' Classical period and is remembered f...

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Agyrrhius (deceased)

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Adeimantus (deceased)

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Isagoras MP (deceased)

Isagoras (Ἰσαγόρας), son of Tisander, was an Athenian aristocrat in the late 6th century BC.

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Archidamus III, King of Sparta MP (deceased)

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Hippias MP (deceased)

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Hipparchus MP (b. - -514)

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Demosthenes MP (-384 - -322)

Demosthenes (English pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒs.θəniːz/, Greek: Δημοσθένης, Dēmosthénēs [dɛːmostʰénɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens.

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Aeschines MP (-389 - -314)

Aeschines (Greek: Αἰσχίνης, Aischínēs; 389 – 314 BC) was a Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators.

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Polybius (deceased)

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Isocrates MP (-436 - -338)

Isocrates (English: /aɪ.ˈsɒk.rə.ˌtiːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἰσοκράτης; 436–338 BC), an ancient Greek rhetorician, was one of the ten Attic orators. Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time,...

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Epicurus MP (-341 - -270)

Epicurus (Greek: Ἐπίκουρος, Epikouros, "ally, comrade"; 341 BCE – 270 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher as well as the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments ...

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Inachus - Ίναχος (the Inachus River) MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology, Inachus (Ancient Greek: Ἴναχος) was a king of Argos after whom a river was called Inachus River,[1] the modern Panitsa that drains the western margin of the Argive plain.

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Epaminondas MP (-418 - -362)

Epaminondas (Greek: Ἐπαμεινώνδας; ca. 418 BC – 362 BC), or Epameinondas, was a Theban general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out ...

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Xenophon MP (-430 - -354)

Xenophon (Greek: Ξενοφῶν, Xenophōn; English pronunciation: /ˈzɛnəfən/, Greek pronunciation: [ksenopʰɔ̂ːn]; c. 430 – 354 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, also known as Xenophon of Athe...

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Adeimantus MP (deceased)

Herodotus Histories, Book 8 The Athenians say that Adeimantus, the Corinthian commander, at the moment when the two fleets joined battle, was seized with fear, and being beyond measure alarmed, sprea...

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Neoptolemus I, King of Epirus MP (-390 - -360)

Neoptolemus I Title King of Epirus Religion: Greek Pantheon Children King Alexander I of Epirus, Queen Olympias Parents Alcetas I (father) Relatives Arymbas (brother) Alexander the Great (g...

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Andromache (deceased)

so : Alexander, from Priene (Altes Museum, Berlin) Like all ancient kings, Alexander claimed that the gods were his ancestors. Already in the fifth century, the Macedonian kings said that they de...

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Olympias, Queen Consort of Macedonia MP (-375 - -316)

Olympias, Princess of Epirus, Queen Consort of Macedonia, was born circa 375 BC; died circa 316 BC. Olympias Olympias (Greek: Ολυμπιάς) (c. 376 BC - 316 BC) was an Epirote princess, a wife of Macedonia...

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Admetos, King of Epirus MP (c.-500 - d.)

Admetus (Greek: Αδμητος) (before 470-430 BC) was a Greek king of the Molossians at the time that Themistocles (524–459 BCE) was the effective ruler of Athens. See Wikipedia, Molossians ; John Lempriè...

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Peisistratos MP (deceased)

Peisistratos (6th century – 527/528 BC; also spelled Pisistratus; Greek: Πεισίστρατος) was a tyrant, who ruled in Athens during the most part of the period between 561 and 527 BC. His legacy lies prima...

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Themistocles MP (c.-524 - -459)

Themistocles (Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς; "Glory of the Law"; c. 524–459 BC), was an Athenian politician and a general during the first Persian invasion of Greece, he fought at the Battle of Marathon, and was ...

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Terpsichore - Τερψιχόρη (Muse - dance) MP (deceased)

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Polyhymnia - Πολύμνια (Musa da poesia sacra) MP (deceased)

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Urania - Ουρανία (Muse - astronomy) MP (deceased)

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Clio - Κλειώ MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology, Clio (Greek: Κλειώ, English: /ˈklaɪ.oʊ/) or Kleio, is the muse of history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She had one son, Hyacinth, with the King of P...

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Melpomene - Μελπομένη MP (deceased)

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Thaleia - Θάλεια (Musa da comédia) MP (1988 - d.)

Thalia (in ancient Greek Θάλεια / Tháleia or Θάλια / Thália, "the joyous, the flourishing", from θάλλειν / thállein, to flourish, to be verdant) was the muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry...

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Aphrodite, Goddess of Love MP (deceased)

PARENTS [1] Born from the castrated genitals of OURANOS in the sea's foam (Hesiod Theogony 188, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.21, Apuleius 6.6, Nonnus Dionysiaca 1.86, et al) [2] ZEUS & DIONE (Home...

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Ares, God of War MP (c.-1680 - d.)

) Deus olímpico da guerra, ele é mais exatamente o deus da guerra selvagem, ou sede de sangue, ou matança personificada.

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Zeno of Citium MP (-334 - -262)

Zeno of Citium. Greek philosopher. Founder of Stoicism Zeno of Citium (Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, Zēnōn ho Kitieŭs; 334 BCE - 262 BCE) was a Greek philosopher from Citium (Greek: Κίτιον), Cyprus. Zeno w...

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Socrates MP (c.-470 - -399)

Socrates - Σωκράτης Socrates (Greek: Σωκράτης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [soˈkraːtɛːs], Sōkrátēs; c. 469 BC–399 BC, in English pronounced /ˈsɒkrətiːz/) was a Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. ...

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Sophocles MP (c.-497 - c.-405)

Sophocles Sophocles (pronounced /ˈsɒfəkliːz/ in English; Greek: Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs, probably pronounced [sopʰoklɛ̂ːs]; c. 497/6 BC – winter 406/5 BC) was the second of the three ancient Greek traged...

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Aeschylus MP (c.-525 - -456)

Aeschylus Aeschylus (pronounced /ˈɛskɨləs/ ESS-ki-ləs; Greek: Αισχύλος, Aiskhulos; c. 524/525 BC – c. 455/456 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the othe...

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Euripides MP (c.-480 - c.-406)

Euripides Euripides (Ancient Greek: Εὐριπίδης) (ca. 480 BC – 406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles). Ancient scholars tho...

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Homer MP (deceased)

Homer - Ὅμηρος Homēros Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) in classical tradition is the ancient Greek epic poet, author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Homeric Hymns and other wo...

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Pythagoras of Samos MP (-570 - -495)

Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Ὁ Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος Ho Pythagóras ho Sámios "Pythagoras the Samian", or simply Ὁ Πυθαγόρας; c. 570–c. 495 BCE) was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and f...

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Chilon, Ephor of Sparta MP (b. - -556)

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Satyros of Elis MP (deceased)

Statue at Olympia by Silanion, commemorating his victory there of 332 or 328 B.C. Pausanias 6.4.5: Satyrus of Elis, son of Lysianax, of the clan of the Iamidae, won five victories at Nemea for boxing...

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Euclid MP (-322 - -275)

Euclid, Εὐκλείδης Eukleidēs Euclid (pronounced /ˈjuːklɪd/ EWK-lid; Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδης Eukleidēs), fl. 300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as...

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Archimedes MP (c.-287 - -212)

Archimedes - Ἀρχιμήδης Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης; c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are ...

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Hippocrates MP (c.-460 - c.-370)

Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) - Greek: Ἱπποκράτης; Hippokrátēs was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Athens), and is considered one of th...

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Cleisthenes MP (-565 - -507)

Cleisthenes (/ˈklaɪsθəˌniz/; Greek: Κλεισθένης, also Clisthenes or Kleisthenes) was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setti...

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Pericles MP (-495 - -429)

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Dionysus, God of Wine MP (deceased)

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Agamemnon, King of Mycenae MP (deceased)

Agamemnon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about a character in Greek mythology. For other uses, see Agamemnon (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Agamemnon ("very resolute...

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Minotaur MP (deceased)

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Minos, King of Crete MP (deceased)

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Theseus, King of Athens MP (deceased)

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Icarus Wings burned in the sun MP (deceased)

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Tharrhypas, King of Epirus MP (c.-440 - -390)

TharrhypasFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Tharypus) Jump to: navigation, search Tharrhypas[1] (Greek: Θαρύπας, 430 - 392 BC) was a king of the Molossians. He is mentioned by Thuc...

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Alcetas I, King of Epirus MP (c.-410 - c.-370)

source: Alcetas I (Greek: Ἀλκέτας), (390, 385 - 370 BC) king of Epirus, was the son of Tharypus. For a reason, of which we are not informed, he was expelled from his kingdom, and took refuge with Dio...

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Arybbas, King of Epirus MP (b. - -360)

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Pyrrhus, King of Epirus MP (-318 - -272)

Pyrrhus of Epirus was born circa 319 BC; died circa 272 BC.

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Erichthonius, King of Athens MP (deceased)

The more famous myths featuring the goddess Athene include:-- The attempted rape of the goddess by Hephaistos, who spilled his seed upon the earth and produced Erikhthonios, who she then adopted as h...

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Penélopê of Sparta MP (deceased)

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Telegonus, King of Tusculum MP (deceased)

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Arkêsios - Αρκείσιος - Arceisius King of Ithaka MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology, Arcesius (or Arkêsios; also spelled Arceisius or Arkeisios) was the son of either Zeus or Cephalus, and king in Ithaca. A son of Zeus and Euryodia, husband of Chalcomedusa and f...

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Periboea, a Naiad MP (deceased)

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Laërtês - Λαέρτης King of Ithaka MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology, Laërtes (Greek: Λαέρτης) was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus (who was thus called Laertiades, Λαερτιάδης) and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea, daugh...

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Antiklia - Αντίκλεια - Anticlea MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology, Anticlea (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίκλεια, "Without-Fame") was the daughter of Autolycus and Amphithea and mother of Odysseus by Laërtes (though some say by Sisyphus). She was also the gra...

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Amphithea MP (deceased)

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Calíope - Καλλιόπη MP (deceased)

KALLIOPE (or Calliope) was the eldest of the Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. She was also the goddess of eloquence, who bestowed her gift on kings and princes.

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Apollon - Ἀπόλλων MP (c.-1674 - d.)

Deus Irmão gêmeo de Arthemis

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Meliboea (deceased)

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Pelasgos of Troy (deceased)

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Timothea (-135 - d.)

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Medeios (c.-140 - d.)

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Philippea (c.-120 - d.)

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Díoklês I Meliteus (c.-120 - d.)

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Timothea (c.-95 - d.)

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Leonides III Meliteus MP (c.-120 - d.)

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Philostratos (c.-170 - d.)

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Soteira (c.-140 - d.)

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Athenagoras II Meliteus MP (c.-185 - d.)

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Athenagoras I Meliteus MP (c.-220 - d.)

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Phorbas (deceased)

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Deïon, King of Phocis (deceased)

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Sísyphos, King of Corinth (deceased)

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Nymph Venila (deceased)

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Orseïs Ninfa (deceased)

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Dino / Deino - Δεινώ Graeae (Γραίες) (deceased)

The Graeae (English translation: "old women", "gray ones", or "gray witches", alternatively spelled Graiai (Γραῖαι), Graiae, Graii), were three sisters with one eye and one tooth shared among them, and...

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N.N. Hagnousios, Daughter of Themistokles IV (c.40 - d.)

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Euryale - Εὐρυάλη Gorgon (Γοργών ) MP (deceased)

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Stheno - Σθεννώ Gorgon (Γοργών ) MP (deceased)

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Medusa MP (deceased)

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Echidna MP (c.2300 - c.1200)

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Helios MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios (pronounced /ˈhiliˌɑs/) (Greek: Ἥλιος, Latinized as Helius). Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod (Theogony 371) and the Hom...

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Eos Dawn Ἠώς / Ἕως - Aurora . MP (-1260 - d.)

Eos (Greek Ἠώς, or Ἕως "dawn") is, in Greek mythology, the Titanic goddess[1] of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the Ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helio...

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Menoitios (Titan of Anger), Son Of Iapetus MP (deceased)

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Epimetheus MP (deceased)

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Atlas MP (deceased)

Atlas (mythology) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapet...

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Leto - Λητώ - Latona (Titan) MP (deceased)

In Greek mythology, Lētṓ (Greek: Λητώ, Λατώ, Lato in Dorian Greek, etymology and meaning disputed) is a daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe: Kos claimed her birthplace. In the Olympian scheme of th...

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Leonidas, King of Sparta MP (b. - -480)

Leonidas was a 5th century B.C. Spartan military king who bravely led a small force of Greeks -- mostly Spartan (the famous 300), but also Thespians and Thebans -- against the much larger Persian army ...

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