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![HomerPavlos Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1575555198524788736.png) Homer Pavlos [@HomerPavlos](/creator/twitter/HomerPavlos) on x 20.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-14 16:18:01 UTC

As the Greeks awaited, a Persian embassy approached. They delivered a letter to Leonidas, offering him power over all of Greece if he would become Xerxes’ ally.  Leonidas’ proud response was legendary: “For me, it is better to die for Greece than to rule over my own people.”

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