Individual #battle_of_Thermopylae__Thermopylae  a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
  instance of:  #pitched_battle
  part of:  #Greece__Hellenic_Republic__Ellas  town a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
     part of:  #Europe  the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
        part of:  #Eurasia  the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
           part of:  #eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient  the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
           part of:  #northern_hemisphere  the hemisphere north of the equator
     part of:  pm#Mediterranean_region

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