MOLON LABE What it means and who said it

Molon Labe. What does it mean? Who said it? When? and how does it apply today?
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[@ryancooper8374]

FYI the Texas Revolutionary War Cannon is not lost it's in a museum in Gonzales Texas I have seen it.

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allah and buddha bless the Second Amendment

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[@logicaredux5205]

A very well done and and spot on presentation of the historical background and meaning of that phrase. Your knowledge of Greek grammar and pronunciation isn't half bad either! Well done sir! Subscribed!

[@CopperJacketTV]

Logica Redux thanks very much I appreciate it. Amazing how that phrase has lasted so long. Give a real meaning to how ancient Greeks helped form our modern society.

[@TheLionsDen72]

Thank you for sharing. I did not know the history behind the words. Learned something new today. I appreciate it!! Stay strong, Stay free.....Scott

[@CopperJacketTV]

Thanks Scott I'm glad and thanks for the support buddy.

[@Razaiel]

When the order comes down from either Congress or the president to confiscate firearms, then we'll see how many patriots are among us. Any law enforcement officer or member of the armed forces who participates in said confiscation will be in violation of their oath & a traitor.

[@jasondaniel918]

Yes, Andrew, it will be a moment that in fact separates the boys from the men. Having pent 20 years in the U. S. Army, I would never accept a confiscation order, nor would I pass it on to anyone under my command. I have been retired for 25 years. I can only hope the young people in uniform today remember their oath!

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You are absoluley right

[@doyourbest.9554]

As an Army Officer I always prayed that I would never see that day. That I would be in contrast to the Constitution that I swore to protect and defend.

[@TRprepper]

Kinda funny I was looking up how to pronounce Molon Labe and your video was one of the first ones that popped up. Great video brother!

[@pemtax557]

As a history buff, I always appreciate a well presented chronicle of human history and your account of Thermopylae is one of the better accounts I've heard. Well done and God Bless the USA and the 2nd!!

[@scottf.3808]

Thanks for the breakdown as I never knew the history behind it...

[@Chickenhead2174]

"From my cold, dead hands!"

[@lvwright]

Thank you for this video...it was very interesting

[@CopperJacketTV]

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[@MWA78]

I got this saying on a spartan helmet tattooed on my arm today! first and only tat.

[@spiritofthewarriorl.l.c.5223]

Nice break down, and some very informative information in the comments. Thank you all.

[@freecyclemichaelczechvar7598]

Molon Lave : "come and take it" literally: come take

[@frankjones4357]

Hmmm? Interesting. Sounds like the counter expression to "Live and Let Live" for the antagonist. Oh well, to each his own :)

[@controversy2009]

im so proud of my Greek heritage !

[@nicoangel690]

Are you joking...WHO WOULDN'T BE ?? ZITO MAS

[@itshobogoblin]

One of the most badass phrases we have kept alive

[@markregan5882]

I might add one thing about translating from the Greek. Though I never studied the Greek language, I studied Latin and Latin is known as an "inflected" language. More or less, that means the form of a word contains information about the context, tense, actor, et cetera. So the form of the word changes depending on these variables. As an example, in Latin there is an "imperative" case where the "you" - the person being commanded to do something - is understood by the shape of the word. So I guess I'm asking, even though only "two words," would "molon labe" be more accurately translated as "You come and take," with the object, their arms, being understood? Is Greek an inflected language?

[@milsurvival2558]

Great history. Thank you for this. Well done. Subbed.

[@debbylou5729]

One of my favorites is the response to king Philip ‘you are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people and raze your city’. The response? ‘If’

[@roosdad1]

Mine are at the bottom of the Ocean. Had a boat wreck. Have a nice day.

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THANK YOU, MUCH APPRECIATED!

[@Jarhead6]

dude amazing vid!

[@CopperJacketTV]

Thanks very much bro. That means a lot.

[@CharmedLifeMotivation]

What made me look this up was I keep seeing this pick up at work with that on the window with the Dark Knight symbol. The only thing is Batman is against guns lol

[@imtoooldforthisstuff]

I learned in Texas History in Elementary School that the Gonzales Cannon was blown up, probably by accident, during the conflict. Later, in College Texas History, we learned that the cannon was transported from Gonzales to San Antonio de Bexar and used during the siege at the Alamo. Supposedly it was buried at the Mission and may have been rediscovered during an archeological dig in 1936, but it was never authenticated.

[@kirkjones9639]

The full English quote of what Leonides said was "Come over here and if you can do that, you can take them" I think thats pretty close to it anyway.

[@RTTGunsGear]

Very good video! Great explanation.

[@CopperJacketTV]

Thanks very much bro.

[@chrisnivo]

Well the most accurate translation of .Μολον Λάβε were uttered when the Persians ordered the Spartans to lay down their arms. Μολον Λάβε was the response to this which actually means "come and receive them".

[@karenkelley7907]

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[@O23pSt]

Thank you for sharing such excellent information

[@CopperJacketTV]

Absolutely. Thanks

[@gpan62]

"Having come, come and take them"...literary...ya, they had lots of tenses.

[@dr.benjaminbennettth.d.7304]

The Cannon Was Thrown In The River Near What Is Now The Golf Course On Hyw 183 South Of Gonzales. Take my word for it.... I'm an 8th Generation Texian with Ancestors who battled those Mexicans there and we still own our land there...

[@a420man2]

Simply about syntax, context and intent. Appreciate the culture.

[@justcorygram]

Thank you so much for this.

[@blakekorenkiewicz]

My ex is a come-take too. Didn't know she was Spartan until now.

[@walterlippmann6292]

ayy

[@wcsxwcsx]

A thorough explanation. Thanks!

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

ΜΟΛΏΝ ΛΑΒΈ is something I might honestly get as a tattoo

[@giannispets]

As a greek i would say.. Sparta was by itself a different society with different values and mottos in life within Greece at that time. Translation in English of Molon Lave loses a lot of its beauty, sounds cheaper. Spartans tended to use the fewer words they could to give a very deeper meaning, it was some kind of motto. That's why there is a greek saying «το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν» which is again pretty difficult to translate. But the main meaning is: "to talk like spartan (with fewer words) it is philosophy". Spartan sayings are short and full of symbolizations that someone to understand should know much deeper info about their society. Another spartan example is that mothers would say to their sons when leaving for war "ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς" actual translation is "or with it or on it" which means "that I will be waiting for you to come back with your shield (which means he will return alive with his shield and victorious because people that surrender give their weapons... their shield.. so it's also a call of no surrender) or dead. A spartan who died in the war they would carry his dead body back to Sparta ON HIS SHIELD so everyone could see that this man died honorable fighting for Sparta and not like a coward.

[@motaki701]

Outstanding explanation. Some info I knew, but a lot I did not know. Thanks.

[@victormiranda9163]

I will not resist. as one adds words to a missive the chances for misunderstanding rise. "nutz" was understood...barely. and is the only one word challenge I can think up. I like come take.

[@walterulasinksi7031]

I suggest that one views the study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages Molon Labe.

[@mlsgrg4071]

I am a professor of ancient Greek. The phrase ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ means exactly the following: The Spartans were lovers of philosophy, witty and sarcastic towards their enemies. So when Persis told him to hand over the weapons, Leonidas in an ironic tone said to him: "Since you are a passerby among us who are waiting for you, passing by here relieve us of the trouble and come and take them yourself".

[@MrWhitelightning73]

Outstanding

[@jimaugsburger5489]

this video was very educating to me cause i never knew what those 2 words meant but now i do thank you for that

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[@yankos_]

Hey Daily Shooter, Thanks for your research and video.... Great!! You made a reference to: "apop thigmata lakonsia 55-11". What is this and where can I find out more about this? Thank you in advance.

[@MrStratoulini]

It's in Plutarch's MORALIA or "Plutarch's Morals". MORALIA is a collection of books including "apophthegmata lakonika" (laconic phrases).

[@texaspenguin8344]

“Come and take it” the motto of the entire state of Texas

[@mroceans8336]

Texas Penguin Chris Kyle 😂😂😂

[@dennisrardin6602]

Great vid......quick....to the point...very informative.....a little anecdote about the chicken and the egg.....I give you a 90/100.....I deduced 10 points for lack of fun bags.

[@ezy_money1697]

Thanks for taking time to give us the info on the Molon Lebe I find it was very interesting. SandMaan

[@Jtkc5018]

I see you've read the Molan Labe Wikipedia page huh?

[@one-of-us9939]

Brilliant... Thanks for making me smarter

[@SilensVenator]

Nice video and breakdown of the language differences with the translation. Just a point to note (and I could be wrong, so I'm open to correction)...but the Battle of Thermopylae allowed the Athenians (not the Spartans) to evacuate their city. After Thermopylae, the Greek fleet off the coast meant nothing as the Persians now had a land route once again. They marched on the empty Athens, while the Greeks prepared to defend the Corinthian isthmus and passage onto the Peloponnese peninsula/Saronic Gulf

[@CopperJacketTV]

JesterHead I think your right and I've found different stories of who went where. I think that only the Spartan women and children evacuated but some accounts don't specify. Thanks for the comment. I always like to learn something new and I would rather be corrected than walk around thinking I wasn't. Thanks

[@SilensVenator]

The Daily Shooter Yeah, no problem. I'm the same way, which is the reason why/how I found your video in the first place :)

[@Thealowens]

Excellent video, Brother! ...as an interesting side, in some of _my_ research on the phrase, I found one source that stated that a translation that would help us understand the _intent_ of the phrase betterwould be "having come, take it". In other words, _if_ you can get to me, _then_ take it from me. Regardless of the translation, Leonidas was one awesome dude!

[@CopperJacketTV]

Absolutely bro. Its amazing how 2500 years later were still talking about it.

[@Thealowens]

Great! I appreciate it. Maybe you'll get a couple more views from it. It really is an amazing story!

[@TSIRIBIM82]

this can be free translated as ''if you dare come and get them''

[@sergioswow]

I am half greek and i can tell you that,Spartans were the "few words" guys, Spartans always talked like this. Leonidas answer was simple, if you want something,go and get it. so Molon Lave = Come and get them.

[@texcin9345]

Thank You.

[@T.A.B.Videos]

Great job.

[@CopperJacketTV]

Thank you sir.

[@streetdoggsi7259]

Honestly thought you were gonna quote 300 as facts 😂

[@surfdogdude]

Great video DS! You sound like a teenager.

[@Max-jh9ng]

So short I was willing to watch for at least 10 minutes or so

[@GrArktos]

"Dare Take" is more accurate translation

[@dshale10]

Great video good information thanks man!

[@SollomonTheWise]

I activate thee my noble phantasm. Molon Labe

[@psycho.dad5252]

let,s get this party started. where do we muster?

[@paully069]

Very Good , I enjoyed it !

[@JuanRodriguez556beats911]

Very well done. Molon Labe

[@CopperJacketTV]

Thanks bro. Molon labe!!

[@robflavawitz3198]

Thanks for the info great job

[@craigetheridge4257]

Love the history. Subed

[@LinehandWi]

Thanks, nice work.

[@Ray-uc5rp]

All I can say is thank U very much

[@daver8149]

Well Done!

[@billytaglis3586]

great video. thank you

[@garydflatt290]

There still America's out there. Join and support the Oathkeepers.

[@jetmirbaha5926]

Ja e provoje se Molën Labe do gjesh!!

[@BEARWALKEN87]

Its not come and take it, it means try hard in order to take it, ancient greek, but good video, keep up mate!

[@susanarsoniadou3588]

Biting sarcasm at its wittiest..

[@EastTexasOutlaws]

Great job thanks

[@CopperJacketTV]

Thanks man.

[@18661873]

Great video.

[@sdwella]

you have a good day!

[@linayer]

Love This MOLON LABE..

[@nigelduncan-adam5988]

It was said by king leonidas to the messenger of xerces the Persian god king after he was told that if he laid down his weapons and paid homage to xerces his nation would be spared basically it means NO COME AND TAKE THEM.

[@jasonmcmechan2072]

Jesus Christ is Lord God of all! God bless you all! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is too difficult for the Lord our God, with Christ, ALL things are possible!

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Fate Grand Order babylonia was a masterpiece

[@martinmckinney7817]

Thanks Much.....

[@deanh7190]

TY for sharing that well presented information. MAGA!

[@ETXB]

The canon was found, dude!

[@cozruf25]

Got this tattooed on my wrist

[@bryant1019]

If you look it up you’ll find the canon was actually found it was washed up after floods in the 30s look it up!

[@Roninyo45]

Molon Labe!

[@dizzywillow2162]

i have seen the star above the AR on flags, what is the star?

[@adamfirst3772]

which ccame first?? chicken or the egg? ....the ROOSTER!!

[@jerryprewett5294]

cool i did not know that it is good to know

[@CopperJacketTV]

Nice! Thanks jerry im glad

[@spartan7199]

MOLON LABE TOURKIA!

[@Minuteman4Jesus]

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

[@voultbioy6247]

when you are greek and you know everything

[@luddity]

So nobody knows where that cannon went? But we know somebody came and took it. Probably the original owners.

[@soldtobediers]

2:49 Page 163 of my book The Creator, He came 1st. The Rooster, he came 2nd. The Hen, she came 3rd, & had to be laid before all 3 entities eggs ever could! Moral of the fact... Creation Demands a Creator. -former recondo sgt. ''rock'' 82nd abn. 1/504 11b4p '71-'74 ''Thank's to the Soldier... U.S. civilian's best fight, was the one that never happened!'' 42418

[@Rralover]

Look up the history of the song Yellow Rose of Texas! It crazy history lesson about the Texas war against the Mexicans! Let us not forget that it was the Spanish who invited the colonist into the Texas territory!

[@syahidkacak]

King Leonidas!!!

[@davidmorse1519]

it wasn't the Spartans that evacuated to the island it was the Athenians.

[@CardinalEgan]

A simple "no" would suffice...

[@andreaslampeas4013]

actually its not come and take it something like that it would be ελθων λαβε Moλων λαβε means more something like if you have the courage get it. but i like how some americans try to say that thermopyles is the Greek alamo when back then there was not even england...

[@JamieAllen1977]

it means come take i'd say this is what my tat would have to be.........."Ave Maria; Molon Labe Dues Vult!"

[@brotherricksafety]

God created chickens, eggs came after

[@CopperJacketTV]

Agreed.

[@brotherricksafety]

That was good information thankyou

[@anamericanpatriot5230]

agreed very true

[@solidus1995]

Can God lovers only support America as well as molon labe?

[@shawnjarman9860]

cajunski1 so? You were there, how do we know it wasn’t the other way around, maybe created the egg that hatched into a chicken! Unless you were there! You can’t possibly know this!