Molon labe
Sign in to saveGreek phrase and motto, a classical expression of defiance, according to Plutarch addressed to the Persian King Xerxes by the Spartan King Leonidas before the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- laconic phrase
- Significant event
- Battle of Thermopylae
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- derivative work
- Come and take it
- Commons category
- Molon labe
- point in time
- 0480-00-00
- native label
- μολὼν λαβέ
- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
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