CLA-2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Proskynesis, The Persians, Croesus
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Persian empire: achaemenid dynasty, cyrus the great was the main ruler, his first act that brought him onto the world map was the conquering on the median empire. The persian king: proskynesis: respectful greeting, type of salute, based on status. The persians and greece: lydian empire falls, king croesus, solon, persian threat as they come over to lydia, cyrus, oracle of delphi, adviser to cyrus. The ioanins: treat by the lydians and persians, aristagoras greek military leader, the ionian revolt (499) the event that leads to everything after, athens and eretria, aristagoras looks for help. Fate of ionians: sardis burnt (498, mainland greeks help then leave, 494: persia regroups, takes over miletus, and then marches to every greek city and takes over, 493: greater dionysia festival. Battle of marathon 490: athenians (10,000) and plataeans (1,000) vs persians (26,000, greeks actually win even though they"re outnumbered.
