Her words, spoken in a trance, are interpreted by the corrupt priests as a message that the gods do not want King Leonidas to break the Carneia and attack the Persians.
The school colors are orange and black, and the mascot is Leonidas the Warrior.
The expression "molon labe" is ancient Greek for "Come and take them!", the defiant reply of King Leonidas to the Persian demand before the Battle of Thermopylae for his 300 Spartans to lay down their arms in surrender.
In between fighting, the terrorists' emperor Jerxes (wearing the same costume as Xerxes in 300) holds audience with Leonidas while sitting on his "throne" (the plane lavatory's toilet).
Leonidas Polk | Leonidas I | Leonidas | George Leonidas Leslie | Thomas Leonidas Crittenden | Leonidas Kouris | Leonidas at Thermopylae | Georgina Leonidas | Stephanie Leonidas | Leonidas Ralph Mecham | Leonidas Donskis | Leônidas da Silva | Leônidas | Dimitri Leonidas | '''''Capitán Leonidas''''' shipwreck in the Messier Channel |
The novel also details the heroics of several dozen Spartans, including their king, Leonidas, the Olympic champion Polynikes, a young Spartan warrior named Alexandros, and the Spartan officer Dienekes.
Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, 5th-century B.C. Queen of Sparta, daughter of Cleomenes and wife of Leonidas I