Geological and geomorphic evidence suggest that the pass at Thermopylae was closed for long portions of recorded history and may therefore have had less relative importance as a route into southern …

"Thermopylae," CR 57 (1943) 63~. Last attempts to show that the Greeks committed only a limited force to Thermopylae because they knew that if the Greek fleet at Artemisium was defeated, the Greek …

After the second day of fighting, a Greek, Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks.

Thermopylae Etymology In Greek Thermopylae means “hot gates” due to its situation and sulphur springs.

Thermopylae is a mountain pass in Greece. The region takes its name from nearby sources of hot water and from the narrow and rough passages from which one could approach the area, the so cold …

I make three arguments regarding the Phocian defense of the path at Thermopylae, aspects of which have been raised before but have not been widely accepted by scholars.

The bones of Leonidas were taken up from Thermopylae by Pausanias forty years after the battle. A stele is also set up there with the names and patronymics of those who endured the contest against …