CLSICS 281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hoplite, Artemisium
22 Sep 2016
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Archaemenid dynasty: cyrus (559-530, cambyses (530-522) c, darius (521-486, xerxes son of darius (486-465) Spartans refuse to help the ionian revolution: they don"t like to be away from home for very long, story of somebody who left and had a lot of bad things happen to him b. i. Athenians accept: have a kinship with the ionians, feel bound to help them, have a radical democracy, sympathize with people who want to be free. Darius: wants to have revenge on the greeks a. i. Revenge for the destruction of his city: has a slave repeat this to him (revenge) Persians send fleet to attack athens: attack fails athenian hoplite army defeated them at marathon a. i. Shields and long spears got to persians a. iii. Better army: miltiades (athens) convinces all generals to resist the persians. Xerses: decides to take down greeks, have phoenician navy (most fierce, withdraws after loss against athenian fleet, sea battles d. i.
