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 ⓘ