ALL meanings of thermopylae
Ther·mop·y·lae
T t - noun thermopylae a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c. 1
- noun thermopylae (in ancient Greece) a narrow pass between the mountains and the sea linking Locris and Thessaly: a defensible position on a traditional invasion route from N Greece; scene of a famous battle (480 bc) in which a greatly outnumbered Greek army under Leonidas fought to the death to delay the advance of the Persians during their attempted conquest of Greece 0
- noun thermopylae in ancient Greece, a mountain pass in Locris, near an inlet of the Aegean Sea: scene of a battle (480 b.c.) in which the Persians under Xerxes destroyed a Spartan army under Leonidas 0