Leonidas

[ lee-on-i-duh s ]

/ liˈɒn ɪ dəs /

died 480 b.c., Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.

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Instead of that he assigned the force of General Leonidas Polk to that position.

The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume II (of 2) |George Cary Eggleston
Leonidas lingered on the top of the hill, ostentatiously examining a young hickory for a green switch, but to no effect.

Openings in the Old Trail |Bret Harte
To ward off these calamities, "I will hurl myself like a Leonidas into the breach."

Jefferson and his Colleagues |Allen Johnson
Him Leonidas ordered to retire, but he refused, though he sent home his only son.

Children's Literature |Charles Madison Curry

When night came Leonidas and his faithful soldiers lay dead under the corpses of their enemies.

The Story of Mankind |Hendrik Van Loon

Leonidas

/ (lɪˈɒnɪˌdæs) /

died 480 bc, king of Sparta (?490–480), hero of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which he was killed by the Persians under Xerxes