Transcript The Battle of Thermopylae

THE GATES OF
FIRE
The Battle of Thermopylae.
The Greek World
480 BC
ATHENS
SPARTA
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
XERXES
the Great.
The King of Kings.
MARATHON 490 BC
Hoplites
The Persian Army.
1 500 000
THERMOPYLAE
Thermopylae
‘The Gates of Fire’
The Greeks
300 Spartans.
400 Corinthians.
400 Thebans.
1000 Phocians.
3100 others
= 5200 Greeks.
Leonidas, King of Sparta
5200
VS
1 500 000
1: 288
DAY 1
DAY 2
300 Spartans.
700 Thespians.
400 Thebans.
=1400.
1: 1071
DAY 3
Spartan memorial, Thermopylae
Leonidas
memorial,
Sparta.
HERODOTUS
‘Stranger-
go tell the Spartans: We
did our duty, and here we lie’
A bully is nothing everywhere.
AESCHYLUS 431 BC
The only thing necessary
for the triumph of evil is
for good men to do
nothing.
Edmund Burke.