# Thermopylae

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- Book: [Thermopylae](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-cartledge/thermopylae) ([Thermopylae.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-cartledge/thermopylae.md))
- Authors: [Paul Cartledge](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-cartledge)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-918-6
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2007-11-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 480 B. C., the mighty Persian king Xerxes led a massive force to the narrow mountain pass called Thermopylae, anticipating no significant resistance in his bid to conquer Greece. But the Greeks, led...