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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Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech B010010
Auburn AGeorgia Tech A10101030
Auburn BFurman1010020
Clemson ABelmont1010020
Clemson BAlabama A010010
Emory ASouth Carolina B10101030
Georgia AGeorgia Tech C0101020
Georgia Tech DSouth Carolina A1010020
Auburn CSouthern1010020
Mississippi State AVanderbilt A10101030
Vanderbilt BTennessee B010010
Tennessee AGeorgia Tech E1010020