The Legacy of Thermopylae

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🗓️ 18 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ever since its occurence in 480 BC, the Battle of Thermopylae has been the stuff of legend. Echoes of this battle, reportedly fought between a seven thousand strong Greek army and a Persian force of anywhere between 100 thousand and one million, can be found dotted across the literature and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. Professor Chris Carey from University College London has written a book on Thermopylae and, in this episode, he tells us how its shadow continues to the present day, where the battle and its heroes are referenced by those fighting for freedom, as well as in films and video games.

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0:00.0	It's the ancient's on history hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's
0:07.9	podcast we are talking about the legacy of one of the most famous clashes from
0:12.2	antiquity the Battle of the Mopoli. Now this podcast is going to cover a huge
0:17.6	time period. We're going to be looking at the Mopoli's legacy in antiquity in
0:21.3	its immediate aftermath in ancient Greece but also with the Romans a bit later
0:25.3	and we're going down to the present day. We're going to be looking at the
0:28.6	Mopoli's legacy through a variety of mediums in politics through video games
0:34.0	through films and so much more. Now to talk about these topics I was delighted
0:39.3	to get on the show Professor Chris Carey from UCL University College London.
0:45.1	Chris has written extensively on the Battle of the Mopoli and on its
0:49.0	aftermath so without further ado here's Chris.
0:54.1	Chris thank you so much for coming on the show it's great have you here? My pleasure
1:01.5	my absolute pleasure. Good to see you at last Tristan. Good to see you too
1:06.4	through the computer screen and zoom. Now the legacy of the Battle of the Mopoli
1:10.6	and the Battle of the Mopoli itself it's such an interesting remarkable
1:14.8	battle in 480 BC but perhaps just as interesting is this legacy that it leaves.
1:20.3	Yeah absolutely the Mopoli became a legend almost immediately and it's
1:25.8	remained a legend right the way through to the present its impact can be felt in
1:30.1	Greek literature in Roman literature and in Greek and Roman history the way in
1:35.8	which they engage with Sparta the way in which Sparta impacts on the world at
1:40.8	large and then of course in the modern era the way in which people have used
1:45.7	and abused the Mopoli for their own agendas sometimes good sometimes bad
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