hot gates

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"Hot Gates" is the literal meaning of the name Thermopylae, a narrow coastal pass in Greece famed as the site of the legendary last stand of King Leonidas and his Spartan-led forces against the Persian army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
coastal pass
geographical location
king
mountain pass
war
associatedWith Leonidas I
Persian invasion of Greece
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars

Sparta
belligerent Achaemenid Empire
Greek city-states
commander Leonidas I
Xerxes I
conflictIn Greco-Persian Wars
country Achaemenid Empire
Greece
Greece
Sparta
culturalSignificance symbol of heroic last stand
symbol of heroic last stand
date 480 BC
hasFeature narrow pass
nearby hot springs
nearby hot springs
hasModernRoad Greek National Road 1
Greek National Road 1
knownFor Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
languageOfName Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
literalMeaning Hot Gates
literalMeaningOf Thermopylae
locatedIn Central Greece
linked to: central Greece

Central Greece
linked to: central Greece
locatedNear Malian Gulf
Malian Gulf
mentionedIn Herodotus' Histories
linked to: works of Herodotus

Herodotus' Histories
linked to: works of Herodotus
modernRegion Phthiotis
linked to: Fthiotis

Phthiotis
linked to: Fthiotis
nameDerivedFrom hot sulfur springs
hot sulfur springs
partOf pass between Mount Oeta and the sea
pass between Mount Oeta and the sea
refersTo Thermopylae

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Thermopylae hasNameMeaning hot gates