Leonidas shop - Spartan King - Leader of 300 - Battle of Thermopylae - 480 BC - Molon Labe, Come and Take Them - Alabaster Aged Sculpture Statue

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Material: Alabaster aged
Height: 24 cm (9.5")
Width: 11 cm (4.3")
Weight: 550g

Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the shop 17th of the Agiad line, third son of Anaxandridas 2 of Sparta who was believed to be a descendant of Heracles, possessing much of the latter's strength and bravery. Leonidas(died 480 BC) stand against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece is one of the enduring tales of Greek heroism, invoked throughout Western history as the epitome of bravery exhibited against overwhelming odds.

NT - K5 40 XΡ - ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑΣ - 7,34