person
Leonidas I
Leonidas
also: Leónidasz
Leonidas I (died 480 BC), Spartan king who led the famous last stand at Thermopylae. In scene 14 Lucifer uses his death as evidence that heroism requires material deprivation: a Leonidas raised in luxury would not have sacrificed himself.
Reading notes
- The Tragedy of Man §14 Leonidas
Leonidas I (died 480 BC), Spartan king who led the famous last stand at Thermopylae. In scene 14 Lucifer uses his death as evidence that heroism requires material deprivation: a Leonidas raised in luxury would not have sacrificed himself.