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DARIUS DEMANDS EARTH AND WATER The Ionic revolt was ended, but Darius had yet to punish the Athenians for burning the city of Sardis. Eight years had now passed since she had been destroyed, yet his…
THE BATTLE OF MARATHON While the council of war was being held, a youth named Philippides was on his way to Sparta to beg the citizens to hasten to the help of their country. Philippides was sometim…
MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C. , they had always feared the Persians. Now their fear was forgotten. They had still a long st…
ARISTIDES IS OSTRACISED Four years after the battle of Marathon, Themistocles and Aristides were the two chief citizens in Athens. Themistocles wished to make Athens a great sea-power, for he was su…
THE DREAM OF XERXES Xerxes, the new ruler of Persia, looked every inch a king. He was tall and handsome, standing head and shoulders above the great warriors he led to battle. But although he looked…
XERXES ORDERS THE HELLESPONT TO BE SCOURGED In the autumn of 481 B.C. Xerxes led his vast hosts to Sardis. His warriors were of many different races, and each was clad in the dress of the country f…
‘THE BRAVEST MEN OF ALL HELLAS’ Through the Pass of Thermopylae lay the entrance from the north to the south of Greece. It was this pass that the Greeks determined to hold against the Persians when …
THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE Xerxes looked on while his soldiers fought at the entrance to the pass. And they did their best, for they were unwilling that their king should see them beaten back by men …
THE BATTLE OF ARTEMISIUM While Leonidas was fighting so bravely on land, Themistocles was with the fleet at Artemisium. If the Persians passed this point and entered the Malian Gulf, they would be a…
THEMISTOCLES URGES EURYBIADES TO STAY AT SALAMIS After Xerxes had secured the pass of Thermopylae, a march of six days would bring him to Athens. There was no army in his way, for the Spartans and o…
