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Preface v
Timeline vii
1 Introduction and the kidnapping of women 1
Introduction 2
The kidnapping of women 3
2 Croesus, the king of Lydia 9
Croesus and Solon 10
The fall of Croesus 15
3 Egypt and the wonders of the world 23
The Nile and the reason for it flooding 23
The Wonders of Egypt 27
Cats and crocodiles 28
Mummification 30
Darius and the treatment of the dead 32
India, Arabia and the far north 33
4 The battle of Marathon, 490 BC 38
Preparations for battle 39
The battle 42
5 The coming of the Persian invasion 49
The decision to invade Greece 49
Xerxes and Pythius 1 63
The bridge at Abydos 65
Xerxes and Pythius 22 66
Xerxes and Artabanus at Abydos 68
Xerxes and Demaratus at Doriscus 74
6 The battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC 79
Thermopylae and Artemisium 80
The Persian Numbers 81
The battle's preliminaries 83
The battle 86
The glorious dead 94
7 The battle of Salamis, 480 BC 97
The debate amongst the Greeks at Salamis 97
The sons of Aeacus and the Eleusinian Mysteries 102
The situation amongst the Persians: Artemesia's advice 103
The Greeks before the battle 105
The battle 110
8 The battle of Plataea, 479 BC 119
The banquet at Thebes 119
Mardonius and Artabazus 121
The night mission of Alexander 123
Greek manoeuvres before the battle 124
Mardonius' speech and the Persian attack 130
Pausanias' message to the Athenians 132
The battle 132
After the battle 138
The end of it all 142
Recommended reading 149
Index of people and places 151
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Sean Orourke
reviewed Herodotus and the Persian Wars on July 16, 2014
Herodotus and the Persian Wars
Great pictures, but very little text and very vague. Good introduction to the period, but anyone whose already familiar with it won't learn anything new. As I said, though, the pictures are great!
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