μολὼν λαβέ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.lɔ̀ːn la.bé/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈbe/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈβe/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈve/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈve/

Phrase

μολὼν λαβέ • (molṑn labé)

"come and take [them]" (in response to the Persian army’s demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons at the Battle of Thermopylae).