Battle of Thermopylae

http://www.greyhawkes.com/blacksword ^ | 11/15/02 | unknown

[Sparta]

A little something to think about when Western Civilzation was nearly strangled in the cradle. Also, the battle is good story of a last stand, like the Alamo.

[gridlock]

bump

[sauropod]

Thx for the post.

[IoCaster]

"Go tell the Spartans, passer-by that here, obedient to their laws, we lie."

[WaveThatFlag]

"Thermopylae had her messenger of defeat-the Alamo had none."
-Thomas Jefferson Green
(inscription on the first Alamo monument in Austin, Texas)

[Sparta]

I posted a vanity thread about the Western victories over Islamic Hoardes yesterday. If you're interested:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/789090/posts

God bless Western Civilization in its battle for survival!!

[pgobrien]

Excellent post....we can still learn from the past. Tactics and character.

[wildbill]

As reported by Simonides c556-468 bce. a memorial was placed at Thermoplylae that read:

"Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Not a bad epitaph for soldiers.

[Sparta]

I'm starting a Western Civilzation Military History ping list. Let me know if you want on or off.

[Lizard_King]

Frank Miller's "300" is a fantastic graphic retelling of this story. He takes some creative liberties, but it really captures the essence of this battle.

Thanks for the post.

[Toirdhealbheach Beucail]

"When someone said: 'Leonidas are you here like this, to run such a rish with a few men against so many?', he replied: 'If you think that I should rely on numbers, then not even the whole of Greece is enough, since it is a small fraction of their horde; but if I am to rely on courage, then even this number is quite adequate.'"

- The Sayings of Spartans

[Toirdhealbheach Beucail]

Sign me up...

[sphinx]

ping me. thanks.

[Toirdhealbheach Beucail]

rish = risk

[Sparta]

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[curmudgeonII]

Great post for a "newbie".

And sign me up for your ping list.

[roderick]

God bless Western Civilization in its battle for survival!!

Amen. As opposed to the looney left, we believe there are things such as home and hearth and our way of life worth defending.

[muawiyah]

Have no idea why this story keeps getting posted. The moral standards of the Greeks in those days were far removed from our own. The Persians were much more like modern Americans than were the Greeks.

Recall that in those days the Jews had been in captivity in Babylon. They were saved by the Persians and returned to rebuild the Temple. We derive more than our fair share of philosophy, legal principles, morality and religion from that event. A few interesting stories have been handed down from the Greeks, and that's about it. We look at them as though they were an alien culture, which they were.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Bump for later read.

[Sparta]

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