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Subject: LEONIDAS, KING OF SPARTA (D. 480 B.C.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG OF THERMOPYLAE (HERODOTUS), by RHYS CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In olden days when there were other gods
Last Line: And all thy golden visions sink.
Subject(s): Greece; Leonidas, King Of Sparta (d. 480 B.c.); Thermopylae, Battle Of; War; Greeks


LEONIDAS, by GEORGE CROLY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shout for the mighty men
Last Line: Greece shall be a new-born star!
Subject(s): Leonidas, King Of Sparta (d. 480 B.c.); Trojan War


THE DEATH OF LEONIDAS, by GEORGE CROLY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was the wild midnight, a storm was in the sky
Last Line: Bring forth the self-same men?
Subject(s): Leonidas, King Of Sparta (d. 480 B.c.); Trojan War; War


THE LION OVER THE TOMB OF LEONIDAS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "of beast am I, of men was he most brave"
Last Line: "whose bones I guard, bestriding this his grave"
Subject(s): "death;graves;leonidas, King Of Sparta (d. 480 B.c.);" "dead, The;tombs;tombstones;