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"thermopylae" / dimitri hadzi, sculptor / "thermopylae", which is a 12-foot high, 2-1/2 ton bronze sculpture, was inspired, / "profiles in courage" and the brilliant war record of president john f. kennedy, / it is named after the greek battle where the spartans, in a display of great / courage, fought the persians to the last man.
David had begun the Leonidas at Thermopylae in 1798 as a companion piece to The Intervention of the Sabine Women. However, it was completed much later, in 1814. The subject concerns Leonidas, King of Sparta, who in 480 BC held the pass at Thermopylae against the invading Persian army of Xerxes.
Thermopylae (/ θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː /; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Θερμοπύλαι, romanized: Thermopylai; Ancient: [tʰermopýlai], Katharevousa: [θermoˈpile̞]; Demotic Greek : Θερμοπύλες, romanized: Thermopyles [θermoˈpiles]; "hot gates") is a narrow pass and modern town in Lamia, Phthiotis, Greece.
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English: Thermopylae is a location in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. You can use the images for free.
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Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Acushnet Cedar Swamp: June 1972 New Bedford. Bristol: state One of the state's largest, wildest and most impenetrable swamps, and an outstanding example of the diversity of conditions and species in the glaciated section of the oak-chestnut forest.