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Herodotus
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Historiê !
The Persian Wars
Logistics
Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture
Special Class: Sunday Oct. 12, 7:30-9:00
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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