FILE: 13_Leonidas at Thermopolye_David.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Leonidas at Thermopolye - NEOCLASSICISM

DESCRIPTION: by DAVID. Historical subject. Leonidas a Greek general guarding pass to keep Persians out. Traitor sold him out and reveals to Persians a secret entry. Greeks overwhelmed and are pictured here about to die. MORAL: accepting fate and coming to terms w death. Gen. depicted nude in painting = "heroic". Napoleon abdicated c/o defeat at Waterloo. David out of favor now, and fled to Switzerland. Killed in 1824 by a cab in Brussels.