Question

Plutarch recorded several quips of this leader, such as him proclaiming that he would “fight in the shade” after being told that a barrage of arrows would block the Sun. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this leader who Plutarch also alleged responded “molon labe” (“moh-LOHN lah-BAY”) or “come and take it” when asked to drop his weapons.
ANSWER: Leonidas (The battle was Thermopylae.)
[10e] Leonidas’s quotes were characteristic of the “laconic” speech of this militaristic Greek city-state that rivaled Athens.
ANSWER: Sparta
[10m] Anaxandridas (“an-ax-AND-rid-ass”) quipped that Spartans took care of themselves so that these people could care for their fields. This slave-like servile class often came from Messenia.
ANSWER: helots [or heílotes]
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