Greek Mythology: H Y P N O S -& - T H A N A T O S | "[Hypnos] roams peacefully over the earth and the sea’s broad back and is kindly to men; but [Thanatos] has a heart of iron, and his spirit within him is pitiless as bronze: whomsoever of men he has once seized holds fast; and he is hateful even to the deathless gods."
The words "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ" as they are inscribed on the marble of the 1955 Leonidas Monument at Thermopylae. Molon labe (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ molṑn labé; Ancient Greek: [molɔːn labé]; Modern Greek: [moˈlon laˈve]), lit. "come and take", is a classical expression of defiance reportedly spoken by King Leonidas I in response to the Persian army's demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons at the Battle of Thermopylae. It is an exemplary use of a laconic phrase.