Sparta And Legendary King Leonidas: The Heroes Of Thermopylae
AncientPages.com | July 18, 2018
David Tee - AncientPages.com - It was Herodotus who provided most of the information we have today about King Leonidas. According to the first Greek historian, King Leonidas descended from Hercules, the half god half man of Greek mythology.
What seemed like an unfortunate birth order, Leonidas was the third son of Anaxandrides. His father was a king who was forced to take a second wife in order to produce an heir. Leonidas finally was able to ascend the throne in 488 BC after the deaths of his father and two older brothers.
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