Thermopylae
Thermopylae is a narrow pass and modern town in Lamia, Phthiotis, Greece. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. In Greek mythology the Hot Gates is one of the entrances to Hades.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Battlefield
- Description: ancient fortified passage in central Greece
- Also known as: “Pylai”, “Thermopylæ”, and “Thermopylai”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortified Hill of Kolonos and Anthela.
Fortified Hill of Kolonos
Peak
Kolonos Hill is a hill in Central Greece. It is located in the narrow coastal passage known as Thermopylae, and is near the city of Lamia.
Anthela
Anthela or Anthele was a town and polis of Malis in Ancient Thessaly. Herodotus places the town between the small river Phoenix and Thermopylae which was a celebrated pass between Thessaly and Phocis. Anthela is situated 2½ km west of Thermopylae.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anavra and Eleftherochori.
Anavra
Village
Photo: Gkaka, Public domain.
Anavra is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Thermopylae.
Eleftherochori
Village
Eleftherochori is a village in Phthiotis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipality of Lamia, and the municipal unit of Gorgopotamos. According to the 2021 census, its population was 46. Eleftherochori is situated 8 km southwest of Thermopylae.
Irakleia
Village
Irakleia is a village in Phthiotis, Greece. It is located in the plain between Mount Oeta and the Malian Gulf, near the city of Lamia. In the Ottoman period it was known as Moustafabei, after a local Ottoman landlord. Irakleia is situated 8 km west of Thermopylae.
Thermopylae
- Categories: narrows, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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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”
- Danish: “Thermopylæ”
- 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 Termopilas”
- Spanish: “Las Termópilas”
- Spanish: “Termopilas”
- 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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