UNDAUNTED
“By this time the spears of
most of them were broken,
and they were slaying the
Persians with their swords,”
recounted Herodotus. The
carnage of the last, heroic
moments of the Battle of
Thermopylae is vividly
re-created in this 20th-
century battle scene by
Stanley Meltzoff.
BRIDGEMAN/ACILed by King Leonidas, 300 Spartan
warriors and other Greek troops
blocked a mighty invading Persian
army. The episode has become an
iconic testament to valor in the
face of hopeless odds—and one of
history’s most famous last stands.
JAVIER MURCIA