Leonidas (English spelling)

Japanese: レオニダス（英語表記）Leōnidas

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[Died] 480 BC. Thermopylae King of Sparta, ancient Greece (reigned c. 490-480 BC). In 480 BC, he led a small force to the end in order to stop the advance of the Persian army led by Achaemenid king Xerxes I at the narrow pass of Thermopylae, and was killed along with all the Spartan soldiers. His heroic act deeply impressed the Greeks.

Leonidas
Leōnidas

A Greek epigram poet from the first half of the 3rd century BCE. Born in Tarentum in southern Italy. His Anthology of Greek Poems includes about 100 poems, including dedicatory poems and epigraphic poems. His works, which depict the daily lives of the poor in elaborate writing, were popular with the people of his time.

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[没]前480. テルモピュレ
古代ギリシア，スパルタの王 (在位前 490頃～480) 。前 480年テルモピュレの隘路で，アケメネス朝の王クセルクセス1世の率いるペルシア大軍の進攻を食止めるために，わずかの手勢を指揮して最後まで戦い，全スパルタ兵ともども討死にした。その英雄的な行為はギリシア人に深い感銘を与えた。