Come and take it
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title:
Come and take it
text:
"Come and take it" is a long-standing expression of defiance first recorded in the ancient Greek form molon labe "come and take [them]", a laconic reply supposedly given by the Spartan King Leonidas I in response to the Persian King Xerxes I's demand for the Spartans to surrender their weapons on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. It was later used in 1778 at Fort Morris during the American Revolution, and also in 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales during the Texas Revolution.
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description:
Slogan used by armies during last stands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_take_it
date created:
2005-07-13T00:32:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:06:20Z
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