Leonidas I

Statue of a [[hoplite]] (5th century BC), known as ''[[Leonidas (statue)|Leonidas]]'', at the [[Archaeological Museum of Sparta]] Leonidas I (; ; died 11 August 480 BCE) was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles. Leonidas I was a son of King Anaxandridas II. He succeeded his half-brother King Cleomenes I to the throne in c. 489 BCE. His co-ruler was King Leotychidas. He was succeeded by his son, King Pleistarchus.

At the Second Greco-Persian War, Leonidas led the allied Greek forces in a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE), attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army, and was killed early during the third and last day of the battle. Leonidas entered myth as a hero and the leader of the 300 Spartans who died in battle at Thermopylae. While the Greeks lost this battle, they were able to expel the Persian invaders in the following year. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Hill, Leonidas E.
    Published 1981-automatisch ermitteltes Erscheinungsjahr
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