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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 (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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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.)
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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.

51 posted on 01/16/2007 9:50:49 AM PST by montag813
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