HUM 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Trireme, Iliad, Aeneid
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The cause of the change: a series of conflicts between the united cities of. The greeks stop the first persian attack. Marathon is a city in eastern attica. A messenger runs 26 miles to deliver the news. The persians attack by land from the north. 1,000 athenians, led by 300 spartans, delay them at thermopylae. The persians find athens abandoned and burn it. Using a new warship, the trireme, the greeks sink the persians and their allies. A form of government in which each citizen has a vote. King of athens in the 5th century. He built the city into a center of art and government. After his death, athens was conquered by sparta. King of macedonia, the country of the north of greece. He conquered athens but preserved the city and its culture. His son alexander educated in greek schools.
