See also:

• THERMOPYLAE (Gr. OepµSs, hot, and 1rf)X,

THERMOPYLAE (Gr. OepµSs, hot, and 1rf)X,  , See also:

• GATE

gate), a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek pass leading from Locris into See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly between See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• OETA (mod. Kotavothra)

Oeta and the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea (Maliac Gulf) . It is chiefly famous for the heroic See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence made by See also:

• LEONIDAS

Leonidas, the Spartan See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, with 300 Spartan soldiers against the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of See also:

• XERXES (the Greek form of the Pers. Khshayarsha; Old Testament Ahasverus, Akhashverosh—i.e. Ahasuerus (q.v.)—with wrong vocalization and substitution of y for v, instead of Akhshavarsh; in Aramaic inscriptions and papyri from Egypt the name is written Khs

Xerxes advancing upon See also:

• GREECE

Greece in 48o (see LEONIDAS and authorities there quoted) . Two other famous battles took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at the pass . In 279 B.C . See also:

• BRENNUS

Brennus and the Gauls were checked for several months by a Greek army under the Athenian Calippus, and in 191 See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria vainly attempted to hold the pass against the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans under M' . Acilius See also:

• GLABRIO

Glabrio . In the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Leonidas the pass was a narrow track (probably about 14 yds. wide) under the cliff . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the deposits of the Spercheius have widened it to a breadth of 11 to 3 m. broad . The hot springs from which the pass derived its name still exist See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill . There is one large See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring used as a See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath and four smaller ones, and the See also:

• WATER

water, which is of a bluish See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green' See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and contains See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, carbonic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur, is said'' to produce See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good effects in cases of See also:

• SCROFULA (Lat. for " little sow "), or STJTMA

scrofula, See also:

• SCIATICA (from a late Lat. corruption, sciaticus, of Gr. ivXca&aKOS, from icxiov, the hip-joint)

sciatica and rheu-' matism . The See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation for bathers is, however, quite inadequate . For the See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography see See also:

• GRUNDY, MRS
• GRUNDY, SYDNEY (1848– )

Grundy, See also:

• GREAT

Great Persian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, pp .

277-291 .