Thermopylae
/θəˈmɒpəliː/- a pass between the mountains and the sea in Greece, about 200 km (120 miles) north-west of Athens, originally narrow but now much widened by the recession of the sea. In 480 BC it was the scene of the defence against the Persian army of Xerxes I by 6,000 Greeks; among them were 300 Spartans, all of whom, including their king Leonidas, were killed.塞莫皮莱（又译温泉关, 希腊山海间的一个山口, 在雅典西北约200公里, 即120英里, 原先窄小, 现由于海的后退而渐宽, 公元前480年6,000名希腊人在此处抗击薛西斯一世率领的波斯军队时全部牺牲, 其中包括300名斯巴达人和他们的国王莱奥尼达斯）。