Thermopylae

Thermopylae is a narrow pass and modern town in , , . It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. In Greek mythology the Hot Gates is one of the entrances to Hades.
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  • Battlefield
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
  • Description: ancient fortified passage in central Greece
  • Also known as
    “Pylai”
    “Thermopylai”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fortified Hill of Kolonos and Anthela.
Kolonos Hill is a hill in .
or Anthele was a town and polis of Malis in Ancient Thessaly. is situated 2½ km west of Thermopylae.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anavra and Eleftherochori.
Gkaka, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Thermopylae.
is a village in , . is situated 8 km southwest of Thermopylae.
is a village in , . is situated 8 km west of Thermopylae.

Thermopylae

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Latitude
38.79594° or 38° 47′ 45″ north
Longitude
22.53617° or 22° 32′ 10″ east
Open location code
8GC4QGWP+9F
Geo­Names ID
7932565
Wiki­data ID
Q194450

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Thermopylae” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Termopilet”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θερμοπύλαι”
  • Arabic: “ترموبيل”
  • Arabic: “ثيرموبيلاي”
  • Armenian: “Թերմոպիլե”
  • Asturian: “Termópiles”
  • Basque: “Termopilak”
  • Belarusian: “Тэрмапілы”
  • Belarusian: “Фермапілы”
  • Breton: “Termopiloù”
  • Breton: “Thermopyloù”
  • Bulgarian: “Термопили”
  • Bulgarian: “Термопилите”
  • Burmese: “သာမောပလီး”
  • Catalan: “Termòpiles”
  • Cebuano: “Thermopílai”
  • Cebuano: “Thermopylae (gintang)”
  • Cebuano: “Thermopylae”
  • Chinese: “温泉关”
  • Chinese: “溫泉關”
  • Chinese: “詹莫皮索”
  • Chinese: “鐵爾摩披萊”
  • Croatian: “Termopil”
  • Czech: “Thermopyly”
  • Danish: “Thermopylae”
  • Dutch: “Slag van Thermopylae”
  • Dutch: “Thermopylae”
  • Dutch: “Thermopylen”
  • Dutch: “Thermypholae”
  • Esperanto: “Termopiloj”
  • Estonian: “Termopüülid”
  • Finnish: “Thermopylaen sola”
  • Finnish: “Thermopylai”
  • Finnish: “Thermopýles”
  • French: “Thermopyles”
  • Galician: “As Termópilas”
  • Galician: “Termópilas”
  • Georgian: “თერმოპილე”
  • Georgian: “თერმოპილები”
  • German: “Thermophylae”
  • German: “Thermophylen”
  • German: “Thermopylen”
  • Greek: “Θερμoπύλες”
  • Greek: “Θερμοπύλες”
  • Hebrew: “תרמופילאי”
  • Hungarian: “Thermopülai-szoros”
  • Icelandic: “Laugaskarð”
  • Icelandic: “Laugaskörð”
  • Ido: “Termopili”
  • Indonesian: “Celah Thermopylae”
  • Indonesian: “Thermopilai”
  • Indonesian: “Thermopylae”
  • Irish: “Tearmápalae”
  • Italian: “Termopili”
  • Japanese: “テルモピュライ”
  • Japanese: “テルモピュレ”
  • Korean: “테르모필레”
  • Latin: “Thermopylae”
  • Lithuanian: “Termopilai”
  • Lithuanian: “Termopilų perėja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Thermopylen”
  • Macedonian: “Термопили”
  • Marathi: “थर्मोपिलाई”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermopylae”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermopylai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermopylene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thermopyles”
  • Norwegian: “Thermopylene”
  • Persian: “ترموپیل”
  • Polish: “Termopile”
  • Polish: “Wąwóz Termopile”
  • Portuguese: “Desfiladeiro das Termópilas”
  • Portuguese: “Termópilas”
  • Romanian: “Termopile”
  • Russian: “Фермопилы”
  • Russian: “Фермопильский проход”
  • Russian: “Фермопильское ущелье”
  • Serbian: “Термопил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Termopil”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Termopile”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Termopili”
  • Slovak: “Termopylská úžina”
  • Slovak: “Termopylský priesmyk”
  • Slovak: “Termopyly”
  • Slovenian: “Termopile”
  • Slovenian: “Thermopilae”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ترموپیل”
  • Spanish: “Las Termópilas”
  • Spanish: “Termópilas”
  • Swedish: “Termopyle”
  • Swedish: “Thermopylae”
  • Swedish: “Thermopylai”
  • Swedish: “Thermopyle”
  • Swedish: “Thermopylepasset”
  • Swedish: “Thermopyles”
  • Tajik: “Термупил”
  • Tajik: “Фермопил”
  • Turkish: “Thermopylae Geçidi”
  • Turkish: “Thermopylae”
  • Ukrainian: “Термопіле”
  • Ukrainian: “Термопіли”
  • Ukrainian: “Фермопіли”
  • Ukrainian: “Фермопільський прохід”
  • Vietnamese: “Thermopylae”
  • Welsh: “Thermopylae”

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