King Leonidas I reigned the ancient city-state of Sparta, a warrior society, from 489 to 480 BC and said the epic phrase “Molon Lave” to Persian King Xerxes.Credit: Konstantinos Tamateas CC BY-SA-4.0 ...
Pictures. 300 is one of Butler's most famous roles, marking a turning point in his career. In the film, he plays King Leonidas of Sparta, who leads 300 men on a quest of epic battles against the ...
It was in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece, when King Leonidas of Sparta ahead of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae responded by the phrase "Molon Lave" ('Come and Take Them' in ...
Gastroenterologist Leonidas H. Berry was born in 1902 in Woodsdale, North Carolina. He earned his M.D. from Rush Medical College in 1929, when Rush was affiliated with the University of Chicago.
The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...
The Eagles lost the NFL championship in 2023 to the Kansas City Chiefs, prompting Hurts, 26, to change his wallpaper to a ...
“No other decorative device or object can accomplish so much per dollar as wallpaper.” That’s the midcentury decorator Michael Greer, writing in his gem of a book “Inside Design ...
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, a day dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.
At a late-night inaugural ball on Monday, President Trump, flush with his restoration to power, began waving a ceremonial sword he had been given almost as if it were a scepter and he were a king.
Helen married King Menelaus of Sparta, then ran off with Paris from Troy, precipitating the 10-year Trojan War as a Greek alliance fought to get Helen back. In her first book of poems ...
Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books ...