IDENTIFICATIONS
Aristagoras
Cleomenes
*Darius
Pisistratus
Hippias
Datis
*Miltiades
*Xerxes
*Leonidas
Themistocles
Aristides
Artemisia
XanthippusLOCATIONS
*Sparta
*Athens
Miletus
Susa
*Sardis
*Hellespont
Caria
Cyprus
*Aegina
Cilicia
*Naxos
*Delos
*Euboea
Eretria
Plataea
*Thebes
Marathon
Thermopylae
*Salamis
*Corinth
*The Isthmus of Corinth
The Chersonesus
Abydos & Sestos
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What arguments does Aristagoras use to convince the Spartans to aid the Ionian revolt?What arguments does Aristagoras use to convince the Athenians to aid the Ionian revolt?
What motives does Herodotus indentify for Athens' decision to attack the Persians?
What is Darius' reaction to the burning of Sardis?
Why do the Athenians abandon the Ionians?
What are Darius' real motives for attacking the Greeks?
What "woes of the Greeks" does Herodotus say are heralded by the earthquake at Delos?
What arguments does Miltiades employ to convince Callimachus the Polemarch to attack the Persians at Marathon?
What are some of the "supernatural" elements that Herodotus introduces into his narrative?
What are the motives of Xerxes in the invasion of Greece? What are his goals?
What are Mardonius' arguments in favor of the invasion?
What are Artabanus' argument against the invasion?
How does Xerxes finally decide whether to invade Greece? What are the major motives?
Why was Leonidas sent to hold the pass at Thermopylae? Why did he request troops from Thebes?
Why did Leonidas refuse to retreat from Thermopylae?
What evidence does Herodotus adduce for the treachery of Thebes?
Does Herodotus believe the story of the Persians' repulse from Delphi?
Why does Herodotus list the Greek cities who participated in the Battle of Salamis and in the fortifications at the Isthmus?
What are the arguments of the opposing sides at the councils of war at Salamis? How does Themistocles finally bring on the battle at Salamis?
What are arguments of the opposing sides at the council of war of Xerxes?
How does Herodotus want us to view Queen Artemisia?
Did Herodotus believe the story that the Corinthians fled from the Battle of Salamis? What sources does he cite pro and con?