Thermopylae Quotes

• Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

  George William Curtis

  Three, Conquer, Hundred

  "The Call of Freedom". "Orations and Addresses" by George William Curtis, www.bartleby.com. 1894.

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• Honor to those who in the life they lead
  define and guard a Thermopylae.
  Never betraying what is right,
  consistent and just in all they do
  but showing pity also, and compassion;
  generous when they are rich, and when they are poor,
  still generous in small ways,
  still helping as much as they can;
  always speaking the truth,
  yet without hating those who lie.
  And even more honor is due to them
  when they foresee (as many do foresee)
  that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance,
  that the Medes will break through after all.

  C.P. Cavafy

  Badass, Lying, Hate

  Constantine P. Cavafy, “Thermopylae”

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• Ve a decir a los espartanos, forastero de paso, que aquí obedientes a sus leyes yacemos.

  Steven Pressfield

  Lying, Passing By, Law

  Steven Pressfield (2000). "Puertas de fuego: Una novela épica de la batalla de las Termópilas", Random House

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• Aunque todo el cuerpo de espartanos y tespios hizo gala de un valor extraordinario, el más valiente de todos fue el espartano Dienekes. Se cuenta que, en vísperas de la batalla, un nativo de Traquis le dijo que los arqueros persas eran tan numerosos que sus flechas taparían el sol. Dienekes, sin embargo, impávido ante esta perspectiva, comentó riendo: "Bien. Entonces lucharemos a la sombra.

  Heródoto

  Bloqueo, Arquero, Lucha

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• Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylæ!

  Lord Byron

  Three, Earth, Remnants

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.139, Xist Publishing

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• For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae,
  And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.

  Safo

  Dark, Earth, Dies

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• It's love, not the Battle of Thermopylae. You don't have to treat everything like it's a last stand.

  Cassandra Clare

  Battle, Lasts, Treats

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

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• Los hombres proponen teoremas matemáticos en ciudades sitiadas, llevan a cabo discusiones metafísicas en celdas condenadas, hacen chistes en el cadalso, discuten un nuevo poema mientras avanzan hacia los muros de Quebec y se peinan en las Termópilas. Esto no es garbo; es nuestra naturaleza.

  C. S. Lewis

  Pared, Hombres, Cabello

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• Look, if you have a problem with distilling the Battle of Thermopylae down to freedom versus tyranny, you need to read Herodotus because he's the one. It's his fault, not modern culture's fault. He did it.' [Victor Davis Hanson] references a lot of things like that because he feels like the spirit of the book and of the movie ["300"] are very close to the Spartan aesthetic. That's really kind of what he feels."

  Zack Snyder

  Book, Battle, Needs

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• The Spartan, smiting and spurning the wretched Helot, moves our disgust. But the same Spartan, calmly dressing his hair, and uttering his concise jests, on what the well knows to be his last day, in the pass of Thermopylae, is not to be contemplated without admiration.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Moving, Hair, History

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• My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Teacher, Should Have, Battle

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