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Leonidas

[ US /ɫiˈɔnɪdəz/ ]
NOUN
  1. king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)

How To Use Leonidas In A Sentence

  • The sisters were too agitated to sleep, but presently they heard, rising and growing regular, the long snoring of Leonidas. COUP D'ETAT
  • So presently, in what was still a short period since his accession to power, Leonidas took stock again. COUP D'ETAT
  • Impatient, demanding, he was making sure of Leonidas ' obedience at once, and Leonidas complied. COUP D'ETAT
  • Like Herodotus's exciting account of Leonidas and his 300 spunky Spartans holding up the entire Persian army at Thermopylae, this is story-telling so florid and fantastical that Tolkien himself might have written it.
  • But he had a wife who, from the other side, reinforced in the Minister a resistance that Leonidas would never surmount. COUP D'ETAT
  • Leonidas is a LaMancha with very, very short ears as is characteristic of the breed. Archive 2010-06-01
  • But he had a wife who, from the other side, reinforced in the Minister a resistance that Leonidas would never surmount. COUP D'ETAT
  • They could not ride off, horseback, comfortably into the woods and call Leonidas and his 300 together for a talk and a treaty the following day; for the wild men were not in a body; they were scattered, immense distances apart, over regions so desolate that even the birds could not make a living with the chances offered -- scattered in groups of twenty, a dozen, half a dozen, even in groups of three. Following the Equator
  • [363] Swift wrote to Pope on May 31, 1737: ” 'Pray who is that Mr. Glover, who writ the epick poem called Leonidas, which is reprinting here, and has great vogue?' Life of Johnson
  • King Leonidas is his best friend (yet another neat trick). (more …) Dusk Before the Dawn » 2008 » October
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