LEONIDAS & XERXES: Enemies at Thermopylae

They were mortal enemies. They were opposites in many ways. And their lives were strikingly similar.

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Variation on Leonidas James Mackinnon

Hoplite 5th century. CC0 1.0 UPDD Jona Lendering

Xerxes by Ernest Normand 1888

History of Babylon 1742 IABI

Leonidas at Thermopylae 1814 Jacques-Louis David

Xerxes at the Hellespont. Adrien Guignet.

Xerxes. CC BY-SA 4.0 INTERNATIONAL Katidm7413

Portrait of Leonidas Netherlands – Rijksmuseum. CC0 1.0 UPDD

Battle of Marathon. John Steeple Davis 1900.

Darius (Darius Vase) CC BY-SA 2.0 GENERIC Carlo Raso

Capture of the Acropolis by the Persians. History of Xerxes, 1900 J Abbott.

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The Oracle of Delphi Entranced. H. Leutemann.

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Eclipse. E Simonet 1905.

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The Battle of Thermopylae. Engraving. Jacob Abbott 1900.

Inscription at Thermopylae Pass CC BY-SA 3.0 UNPORTED Napoleon Vier at Dutch Wikipedia

Scene of the Battle of Thermopylae. John Steeple Davis 1900.

Battle of Thermopylae Spartans and Persians 1832

Map of the Passage at Thermopylae Jean-Jacques Barthelemy 1832.

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XERXES WAS A HERO ! ! !! !!
LEONIDAS WAS A FASCIST