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Leonidas, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans 225c
The source
"Come and take them." Leonidas said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans 225c. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"Leonidas' reply to Xerxes' demand that the Spartans hand over their arms"Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans 225c. Rendered from the ancient Greek; print the Greek with the English.
Who said it
The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.
Questions
- Who said "Come and take them."?
- Leonidas (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans 225c.
- What is the original Greek?
- Leonidas' reply to Xerxes' demand that the Spartans hand over their arms. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
Filed under Laconic.
Wear Leonidas
Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade.
Dienekes, Herodotus, Histories 7.226
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With it or on it.
Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women 241f
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Sword too short? Take one step closer.
Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Anonymous 18 (241f)
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They're close? Then so are we.
Leonidas, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Leonidas 7 (225b)
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