About Us
Paying homepage to the Nationwide Heroes who glorified in the battle of Thermopylae 480 BC and become Immortals in the time:
from Sparta; Spartans, (300)
from Arcadia; Tegeans and Mantineans (1000)
from the Arcadian Orchomenus; Orchomenians (120)
Remainder Arcadians (1000)
from Corinth, (400)
from Phlius, (200)
from Mycenae (80)
from Boeotia Thespians (700) and Thebans (400)
(Ref. Herodotus History 7.202.1)
We invite everyone to participate in the race and to…
… “hear” the thunderous voice of Dieneces the Spartan, in the hearing that Persians were so many and their arrows could cover the sun…. “Our Trachinian friend brings us excellent tidings. If the Medes darken the sun, we shall have our fight in the shade” (Ref. Herodotus History 7.226.1)
… “hear” the thunderous voice of King of SPARTA LEONIDAS – [from the dynasty of Agiadon] – ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
… step the unique, authentic and glorified earth in the world where the Hellenes heroes Lacedaemonians donated generously and without hesitation their blood in the mankind, in the historic battle between Hellenes and the Persians, of 480 BC in Thermopylae,
ὦ ξεῖν᾽, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
Go, stranger, and to Lacedaemon tell that here, obeying her behests, we fell.
Stylianos Pyrrostis,
Ex-Officer of Special Forces in Greek Army
Chairman