Fond of claiming that his ancestor fought alongside Leonidas at the classical battle of Thermopylae .
Ionides , Heracles -- Son of a very wealthy Greek merchant , and scion of one of the oldest families in Greece .
Fond of claiming that Ionides ' ancestor fought alongside Leonidas at the classical battle of Thermopylae .
Ionides , Heracles -- Son of a very wealthy Greek merchant , and scion of one of the oldest families in Greece .