CLASSICS 2K03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Delian League, Battle Of Thermopylae, Hellenic Navy
5 Jul 2016
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A collective greek war that lasted 10 years, with greek heroes such as achilles, odysseus, Menelaus, and agamemmon fighting against the trojans and led by hector. The greeks refused to assist persia in the ionian revolt, and the persian king darius led an expedition to greece to get revenge on greece; specifically, athens. A man named pheidippides ran 26 miles from marathon to athens to warn them of the persian pursuit, and dropped dead from exhaustion. This gave the athenians enough time to gather their numbers and engage the. The first persian war resulted in victory for the greeks. The persian army lost 6. 5 thousand soldiers to the athenians 196 hoplites. The second persian war was the result of the embarrassment of the former king"s son, king. Xerxes gathered an enormous army of a couple hundred thousand, while the greeks (who at the time continued to fight amongst themselves), mounted their collective defence.
