Herodotus And the Persian Wars

Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from the key texts of its literature, history and civilization, and by setting them in their historical, social and cultural contexts.

Preface	p. v
Timeline	p. vii
Introduction and the kidnapping of women	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
The kidnapping of women	p. 3
Croesus, the king of Lydia	p. 9
Croesus and Solon	p. 10
The fall of Croesus	p. 15
Egypt and the wonders of the world	p. 23
The Nile and the reason for it flooding	p. 23
The Wonders of Egypt	p. 27
Cats and crocodiles	p. 28
Mummification	p. 30
Darius and the treatment of the dead	p. 32
India, Arabia and the far north	p. 33
The battle of Marathon, 490 BC	p. 38
Preparations for battle	p. 39
The battle	p. 42
The coming of the Persian invasion	p. 49
The decision to invade Greece	p. 49
Xerxes and Pythius 1	p. 63
The bridge at Abydos	p. 65
Xerxes and Pythius 22	p. 66
Xerxes and Artabanus at Abydos	p. 68
Xerxes and Demaratus at Doriscus	p. 74
The battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC	p. 79
Thermopylae and Artemisium	p. 80
The Persian Numbers	p. 81
The battle's preliminaries	p. 83
The battle	p. 86
The glorious dead	p. 94
The battle of Salamis, 480 BC	p. 97
The debate amongst the Greeks at Salamis	p. 97
The sons of Aeacus and the Eleusinian Mysteries	p. 102
The situation amongst the Persians: Artemesia's advice	p. 103
The Greeks before the battle	p. 105
The battle	p. 110
The battle of Plataea, 479 BC	p. 119
The banquet at Thebes	p. 119
Mardonius and Artabazus	p. 121
The night mission of Alexander	p. 123
Greek manoeuvres before the battle	p. 124
Mardonius' speech and the Persian attack	p. 130
Pausanias' message to the Athenians	p. 132
The battle	p. 132
After the battle	p. 138
The end of it all	p. 142
Recommended reading	p. 149
Index of people and places	p. 151
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Herodotus And the Persian Wars

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials