The Thermopylae, the "hot gates" or also "gates of fire," is a mountain pass at the foot of Mount Kallidromo in modern Greece where legend tells that King Leonidas and 300 of his Spartan warriors ...

A new book chronicles the 16-plus battles that took place in the Greek pass between the ancient era and World War II Myke Cole and Michael Livingston The story of the successful mission, code-named ...

A study analyzes how the historical tradition, beginning with Herodotus, exalted the feat of Leonidas and his men, relegating to oblivion the heroism of the Thespian hoplites, who also fought and died ...