Histories

“son of Cleombrotus, you have done a deed of surpassing greatness and glory; the god has granted to you in saving Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas to have won greater renown than any Greek whom we know. But now you must finish what remains for the rest, so that your fame may be greater still and so that no barbarian will hereafter begin doing reckless deeds against the Greeks.

When Leonidas was killed at +Thermopylae [22.5583,38.8] (Perseus) Thermopylae, Mardonius and Xerxes cut off his head and set it on a pole; make them a like return, and you will win praise from all Spartans and the rest of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas besides. For if you impale Mardonius, you will be avenged for your father's brother Leonidas.”