The Narrow Place — Leonidas at Thermopylae | Epic Heavy Metal

The oracle said Sparta would either lose a king or lose the city. So they sent three hundred men — and every one of them was chosen from those who already had a living son, so that no bloodline would end. They knew what they were being sent to do. For two days the largest army in the world could not get through a gap ten men wide. Then a local named Ephialtes showed the Persians a goat path over the mountain. He was never paid for it. His name is still the Greek word for nightmare. Leonidas sent the allies home, kept the Thespians who refused to leave, and fought the last morning in the open. Xerxes won the battle and lost the war. Original lyrics. An AI-assisted music project. ⚔ Leonidas I of Sparta, died 480 BC — Battle of Thermopylae 🎧 Playlist: The Defiant The Iron Chronicles — classic heavy metal built on history.