Use "thermopylae" in a sentence

1. The Aetolian detachment, as Brennus hoped, left Thermopylae to defend their homes.

2. After the defeat of the Greeks at Thermopylae, Thebes and most of Boeotia sided with the Persians during the Persian

3. On 13 April, he withdrew all British forces to the Haliacmon river and then to the narrow pass at Thermopylae.

4. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae ("The Hot Gates").

5. Herodotus reported that the Spartans used the feigned-retreat tactic at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE) to defeat a force of Persian Immortals.

6. During a convoy to Malta in January 1942, the ship was detailed to escort the merchant ship Thermopylae to Benghazi when she started having engine trouble.

7. 15 The Greek fleet was beaten at Artemisium, Thermopylae stormed, Athens conquered,[www.Sentencedict.com] the Greeks driven back to their last line of defence at the Isthmus of Corinth and in the Saronic Gulf.