power in the world at that time was Persia. Athens was attacked by the Persians in the battle of Marathon. Athens asked for Sparta’s help‚ but did not receive it. Though outnumbered‚ Athens won the battle. A man who participated in the war was Themistocles. He was risen to power
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Herodotus‚ 366 triremes. The Persian Armada however‚ included 1‚207 triremes. The Athenians were facing a seemingly unstopable force. However‚ in middle 480 B.C‚ a storm arose and destroyed one third of Darius’s fleet. The Greeks had two commnaders‚ Themistocles of Athens and
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usChristina Bramanti October 5‚ 2012 CLAS 20105 The Role of Oracles‚ and Dreams in Herodotus’ The History Throughout Herodotus’ The History‚ Oracles‚ and dreams play an important role. While the gods have almost no presence throughout the book‚ the Oracles and/or dreams are linked to many of the major events. We first encounter the Oracles in Book I‚ when Croesus asks the Oracles at Delphi if he should attack the Persians‚ the Oracle replies telling him (in a very ambiguous way) that if
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10‚000 | True | | False | Question 5 of 60 After Darius I died‚ his son _____ took over. | Leonidas | | Darius II | | Themistocles | | Xerxes | Question 6 of 60 He was the Spartan king responsible for defending the pass at Thermopylae during the second Persian invasion. | Miliades | | Xerxes | | Leonidas | | Themistocles | Question 7 of 60 Which of the following BEST describes the military history of the Persian Wars? | Greek unity was crucial in the
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The Persian Wars Eric D. Blanco Persia‚ known as Iran‚ was the largest empire the world had ever seen by the 5th century B.C.E. The name Iran derives from the word “Asyran‚” and during the first half of the first millennium‚ the Iranian-speaking people moved gradually into the area of the Zagros Mountains‚ the largest groups known as the Medes and Persians. According the author of The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC by Philip de Souza‚ The Persians were part of a group of ancient
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The location where they fought was the straits of salamis. The cause of the battler was the battle of Thermopylae. Once the greek army retriated it gave the persians the chance to conquer Boeotia and Attica which they did. The Athenian General Themistocles convinced the greek army to battle again with persia even if they were outnumbered. The king of persia Xerxes was eager to battle again. But Then he retreated to Asia and left Mardonius to continue conquest of Greece. A year later the persian army
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CIMON He was the son of Miltiades and a member of the Athenian aristocracy and conservative in his politics. Paid the 50 talents fine of his father. Served in the Persians wars ‘… he was fully the equal of Themistocles and his own father Miltiades.’ He was a protégé of Aristides who recognized his cleverness and audacity. From 478-461 he led the Delian League forces. He was pro-Spartan and believed in a policy of dual hegemony. He named one of his sons Lacedaemonius and he ‘enjoyed
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HIEU 101 Final Exam Review Sheet Identifications Ionian Revolt Themistocles Pericles Cimon Peloponnesian League Herodotus Thucydides Ephialtes Sophists Satrap Areopagus The Council of the 500 Pisistratus Agoge Stasis Peloponnesian League Aristagoras The Sixth-Parters The Definition of the Word Tyrant The Peace of Callias The Battle of Marathon Megarian Decree Boards of Ten Parthenon Aristophanes Essays 1. The great Persian invasion under Xerxes was a crucial
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