{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Battle of Thermopylae","description":"The&amp;nbsp;Battle of Thermopylae&amp;nbsp;(\/\u03b8\u0259r\u02c8m\u0252p\u026ali\u02d0\/&amp;nbsp;th\u0259r-MOP-i-lee;&amp;nbsp;Greek:&amp;nbsp;\u039c\u03ac\u03c7\u03b7 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u0398\u03b5\u03c1\u03bc\u03bf\u03c0\u03c5\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd,&amp;nbsp;M\u00e1ch\u0113 t\u014dn Thermopyl\u014dn) was fought in 480 BC between the&amp;nbsp;Achaemenid Persian Empire&amp;nbsp;under&amp;nbsp;Xerxes I&amp;nbsp;and an alliance of&amp;nbsp;Greek city-states&amp;nbsp;led by&amp;nbsp;Sparta&amp;nbsp;under&amp;nbsp;Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the&amp;nbsp;second Persian invasion of Greece&amp;nbsp;and the wider&amp;nbsp;Greco-Persian Wars.  Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you\u2019d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check our website for more details. ","author_name":"Citation Needed","author_url":"http:\/\/citationpod.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25560396\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/144038610"}