A green plate with a smiley face made of various fruits: two red apples for eyes, a green key lime for the nose, and a yellow banana for the mouth.
I'm sure the Buddha gave you plenty to chew on until the West catches up in wisdom with Socrates (you can hang onto your hunger for another hundred years, right?)
Clip Zone: Heroes & Villains – Leonidas Confronts King Xerxes in 300
https://youtu.be/y53NHLeUtx4?si=Y_9We6gTm6AH8wlE
Encyclopedia Britannica Media: The Persians by Aeschylus
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Persians-play-by-Aeschylus
BioGraphics: Xerxes the Great
https://youtu.be/OGXl5vYP094?si=XboRtP9DFoIJ2M2F
Marquee sign with bright lights, displaying 'Now Playing: The Main Event' in bold black letters.
Overly Sarcastic Productions: Persia
https://youtu.be/y53NHLeUtx4?si=Y_9We6gTm6AH8wlE
Silhouettes of seven runners in shades of orange, yellow, and red running from left to right, with the caption "Spirit of the Marathon" beneath them.
You have had a long stretch of marathons, so why not take a break on this one…unless Clip Zone above convinced you that your break should be to watch the entire movie “300”. That battle is still studied at West Point and the US Naval Academy today!
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Xerxes, King of Persia 518 BCE - 465 BCE from Sophie’s World
(First appears in the chapter titled "Athens")