Herodotus

Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture

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The Persian Wars

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Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture

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The Persian Wars

The Persian Wars

Date? Persian King? Four principle battles?

Herodotus

Places! Hellespont Thermopylae Euboea (Artemisium) Salamis Isthmus of Corinth (Plataea) (Mycale) !

!! ! Places!! Hellespont (Chalcidice) Thermopylae Euboea (Artemisium) Salamis Isthmus of Corinth (Plataea) (Mycale) !

!! ! Places!! Hellespont (Chalcidice) Thermopylae Euboea (Artemisium) Salamis Isthmus of Corinth (Plataea) (Mycale) !

Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Burning of Athens - “the wooden walls will not be taken”

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Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Battle of Salamis

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Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Battle of Salamis

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Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Battle of Salamis

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Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Battle of Salamis

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Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Battle of Salamis - Trireme

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Herodotus Battle of Salamis - Trireme !

Herodotus Battle of Salamis - Trireme !

Herodotus

Diekplous

Periplous

“Hedge-hog” maneuver

Battle of Salamis - Trireme !

Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !Battle of Salamis

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Herodotus Events! Xerxes: Debate to decide whether to invade Greece Xerxes: The Dream Canal across the Chersonesus Crossing the Hellespont Battle of Thermopylae: the 300 under Leonidas Excursus: the Spartans Burning of Athens Battle of Salamis !

Retreat of Xerxes !Plataea - Mycale - by 479 the war is over, and the Greeks victorious !

Thucydides

History of The Peloponnesian War

431-404 BC

Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC

The Athenian Empire

Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC

Thucydides Athens

Athens - Acropolis

Thucydides Sparta / Lacedaemon

Sparta