To: montag813
It is a Spartan warrior, with the inscription 'molon labe', or 'come and take them'.
That was King Leonidas' response to the Persians when they implored the Spartans to lay down their arms.
31 posted on
01/16/2007 7:31:35 AM PST by
TC Rider
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To: TC Rider
Go tell the Spartans,
Passerby,
That here, obedient to their laws,
We lie.
Simonides, Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae
Greek poet (556 BC - 468 BC)
34 posted on
01/16/2007 7:50:31 AM PST by
Comstock1
(If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.)
To: TC Rider
It is a Spartan warrior, with the inscription 'molon labe', or 'come and take them'. I am 1/4 Spartan, I'll have to look into that.
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