![]() Never had an occasion to write a speech about the events, though had I known the history better, I might have found some opportunity. What I knew about Sparta and the stand of the 300 at Thermopylae came from my reading encyclopedias as a child, and culture. I did not major in history, and my high school history instruction featured no AP courses (Pleasant Grove High, in Utah, didn’t offer such things then I assume they do now, but I don’t know). On August 11, we remember Leonidas of Sparta, for events in war, not peace.ģ00 popped up on some movie channel back in 2008 as I was preparing to teach world history again. ![]() The record had stood, as best historians can tell, for 2,168 years. ![]() It’s a different Leonidas, but Michael Phelps last year tied a record for winning 12 solo events in Olympics previously held by a man called Leonidas of Rhodes.
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