Pacific Giftware King Leonidas of Sparta Hero Military Warrior Sculpture Statue Greek Persian WAR

Leonidas I (/li‹ï¿½‹†‰'n.‰¨.d‰TMs/ lee-on-i-d‰TMs or /li‹ï¿½‹†‰'n.‰¨.dƒ¦s/; Doric and Modern Greek: Ž€ºŽµ€°Ž½Ž¯Ž´Ž±' [le‰"‹ï¿½nƒ­das], Le…�nidas; Ionic Greek: Ž€ºŽµ€°Ž½Ž¯Ž´Ž·', Le…�nid„"s; died 480 BC),[1] was a warrior king of the Greek city-state of Sparta. He led the Spartan forces during the Second Persian War and is remembered for his heroic death at the Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas was the third son ofAnaxandridas II of Sparta,[2] and thus belonged to the Agiad dynasty, who claimed descent from the demigod Heracles