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Meaning of termópilas by Francisco Valdez Mendoza





Francisco Valdez Mendoza

termópilas
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(Passage of the ) Thermopylae, from the Greek «thermós»: «pýle» and hot: door, spring, because there springs emanate. Gorge once militarily impassable in northern Greece mount Oeta and the Malíaco Gulf. It communicates to Thessaly with Locris. The denudation exerted by the Esparquio River has expanded considerably. It is famous for the bizarre known of 300 Spartans led by Leonidas against the Persian army the year 480 BC.

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