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[[File: | [[File:Leonidas aux Thermopyles (Jacques-Louis David) detail.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|''Leonidas at Thermopylae'', Jacques-Louis David (1814)]] | ||
Serapis also embodied as the Spartan king Leonidas (died c. 480 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.), who commanded the Greeks in their heroic stand against the immense Persian invasion at the pass of Thermopylae, gateway to central Greece. | Serapis also embodied as the Spartan king Leonidas (died c. 480 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.), who commanded the Greeks in their heroic stand against the immense Persian invasion at the pass of Thermopylae, gateway to central Greece. |
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