CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hellenic Army, The Persians, Mardonius
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490bce: th first thing the athenians do is send a messenger to sparta to tell them that the persians are invading. The spartans say no, they say that they are busy celebrating a religious festival and that they cant leave until the festival is over. The only people that send help to the athenians are the plethea, because the athenians helped them before. The greeks set up their armies around the pass between the 2 mountains. There was probably 30 000 persian soldiers, we just know that it was a lot more than the number of. The greeks have 10 generals, and the generals have to deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e if they (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to fight. 5 (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to fight, 5 did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)ant to fight. The persians saw that there was always traders in the greek cities, and they are waiting to see if someone will show them another way around.
