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Print by Richard Geiger of Leonidas I sending a messenger to the Spartans, 1900. Molṑn labé (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ, transl. "come and take [them]", Persian: مولون لابه) is a Greek phrase attributed to Leonidas I of Sparta during his written correspondence with Xerxes I of Persia on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
"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 Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) is a sub-unified command of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). [2] It is responsible for planning special operations throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR), planning and conducting peacetime joint/combined special operations training exercises, and orchestrating command and control of peacetime and wartime special operations as ...
On ne passe pas!.The 1918 French propaganda poster by Maurice Neumont that reads: "Twice I have stood and vanquished on the Marne. Brother civilian, the underhand offensive of 'white peace' will attack you in turn; and like me you must stand firm and vanquish.
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]
A protester wears a Three Percenter flag during the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. The group's members have a record of involvement in criminal activity, [5] and some have been associated with acts of violence as well as violent threats. [2] The group's local chapters are structured hierarchically according to its National Bylaws.
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Molon Labe is the perfect example of a Laconic phrase (although the Spartans were generally masters of the noble art of terse verbal machismo, along with the later Vikings).-- Peter Knutsen 19:39, 4 September 2007 (UTC) [ reply ]