Word: spercheus
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...Thespians of King Leonidas held out for hours until every one had been butchered by the 10,000 Persians, the pass of Thermopylae, which lies not between two mountains but between a mountain ridge and the sea, was only 42 feet wide. Since then the delta of the River Spercheus has built out almost three miles of marshy land, widening the pass. Also, the main road to Athens no longer runs between the bluff and the sea. Instead, just before it reaches the old pass, it climbs steeply over the mountain ridge, following a small valley. But Thermopylae is still...
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