A view to the ruins (and modern village) of Sparta, Greece.
A defiant cry
“Molon labe” is a defiant classical Greek phrase meaning “come and take [them].” It is most famously attributed to King Leonidas I of Sparta as a response to the Persian King Xerxes' demand for the Spartans to surrender their weapons at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
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Click the panel below to visit Sparta, the home of Leonidas I.