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The phrase inscribed on a SIG Sauer 1911 "Spartan" semi-automatic pistol in the United States, 2015 Allusion to the phrase in an English translation ("come and take it!") is recorded in the context of the Revolutionary War , noted in 1778 at Fort Morris in the Province of Georgia , and later in 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales during the Texas ...
"Come and take it" is a long-standing expression of defiance first recorded in the ancient Greek form molon labe "come and take [them]", a laconic reply supposedly given by the Spartan King Leonidas I in response to the Persian King Xerxes I's demand for the Spartans to surrender their weapons on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. [1]
The Command's motto is Molon labe [3] (Greek for "Come and take them", said by King Leonidas I of Sparta before the Battle of Thermopylae in response to the Persian demand to surrender their weapons). In the initial stages of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, the formation's commander was Rear Admiral Albert Calland.
The commercial shows a small fan chatting with 'Mean' Joe Greene after a tough game. The boy offers Joe his Coke to cheer him up. After protesting, Joe takes the drink and downs it.
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The British asked Afxentiou to surrender his weapons, to which he replied "molon labe" ("come and take them"), quoting Leonidas I of Sparta. Afxentiou then used his submachine gun to kill a corporal of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment before dying after the Royal Engineers poured petrol into his hideout and set it on fire. [14]