LRI4571428 Leonidas to Thermopyls Episode of the Battle of the Thermopyls in 480 BC - oil on canvas, 1814 by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Leonidas to Thermopyls Episode of the Battle of the Thermopyls in 480 BC, opposing the Greeks to the Persians of Xerxes I, Leonidas I King of Sparta, holding his arms, sits on a rock, near the altar of Hercules, in the back a troop of Spartans advance to the sound of the trumpets, to the left the blind Eurytus branched a Throw. Painting by Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) 1814 Sun. 3,95x5,31 m Paris, Musee du Louvre); Luisa Ricciarini.