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Molon labe (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ molṑn labé), lit. “come and take”.

The phrase was reportedly the defiant response of King Leonidas I of Spatra to Xerxes I of Persia when Xerxes demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and surrender. This was at the onset of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Instead, the Spartans held Thermopylae for three days. Although the Spartan contingent was ultimately destroyed, they inflicted serious damage on the Persian army.

Molon Labe has been repeated by many later generals and politicians in order to express an army’s or nation’s determination not to surrender. The motto ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ is also the motto of U.S. Special Operations Command Central and was used as the slogan for the Texas Revolution.