300 SPARTANS- 300 HEROES

Did you thought what drives the Hero to give his life away to benefit other people? A true sacrifice is an inner attitude of mind and heart based on real understanding of the unity and harmony of the one divine life and law. It is the giving of oneself in loving service to all, without any selfish motive. Here is an example of a great heroism, which is still remembered today, and shown in a great movie “300 Spartans”:
In the Battle of Thermopylae an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass.
Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes could pass. After several days of confrontation the Persians attacked, but were defeated by heavy losses, disproportionate to those of the Greeks. This continued on the second day, but on the third day of the battle a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks, revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines.
With the rest of the army dismissed, King Leonidas stayed behind with his bodyguard of 300 Spartans and the 700 man Thespian army, even though they knew it meant their deaths, to allow the rest of the army to escape.
Thermopylae allowed the Greeks time to organize. The Athenians continued to build their ships in order to take control of the seas again.
The disproportionate losses of the Persian army alarmed Xerxes, so when his navy was later defeated at Salamis, he fled Greece leaving only part of his force to finish the job of the conquest of Greece, which was defeated at the Battle of Plataea.
The Greeks lost the battle. They had come hoping for a victory and instead had been routed. But Thermopylae was always hailed as a triumph for Greek arms, because the Persian army was crucially delayed.
The Greeks were actually heartened by the example of Leonidas and the 300 Spartans plus allies who fought at Thermopylae. The battle served as an example to officers and soldiers alike of what courage and self-sacrifice could achieve.


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