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There is an inscription written over these men, who were buried where they fell, and over those who died before the others went away, dismissed by Leonidas. It reads as follows:
There is an inscription written over these men, who were buried where they fell, and over those who died before the others went away, dismissed by Leonidas. It reads as follows:
Here four thousand from the
+Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese once fought three million.
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That inscription is for them all, but the Spartans have their own:
That inscription is for them all, but the Spartans have their own:
Foreigner, go tell the
Spartans that we lie here obedient to their commands.
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That one is to the Lacedaemonians, this one to the seer:
That one is to the Lacedaemonians, this one to the seer:
This is a monument to the renowned
Megistias,
Slain by the
Medes who crossed the
Spercheius river.
The seer knew well his coming doom,
But endured not to abandon the leaders of
Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta.
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Except for the seer's inscription, the Amphictyons are the ones who honored them by erecting inscriptions and pillars. That of the seer Megistias was inscribed by Simonides son of Leoprepes because of his tie of guest-friendship with the man. 1
Except for the seer's inscription, the Amphictyons are the ones who honored them by erecting inscriptions and pillars. That of the seer Megistias was inscribed by Simonides son of Leoprepes because of his tie of guest-friendship with the man. 1
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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