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The Greeks, on hearing of this, gathered together about the
middle of the night and conferred about the perils which were bearing down on them. And
although some declared that they should relinquish the pass at once and make their way in
safety to the allies, stating that any who remained in the place could not possibly come off
with their lives, Leonidas, the king of the Lacedaemonians, being eagerly desirous to win both
for himself and for the Spartans a garland of great glory, gave orders that the rest of the
Greeks should all depart and win safety for themselves, in order that they might fight together
with the Greeks in the battles which still remained; but as for the Lacedaemonians, he said,
they must remain and not abandon the defence of the pass, for it was fitting that those who
were the leaders of Hellas should gladly die striving
for the meed of honour.1
1 The heroism of the Spartans has been depreciated by Munro (Camb. Anc. Hist. 4, pp. 297 ff.) who thinks that Leonidas believed he had "one day more."
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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