A Bold Re-Appraisal of One of History's Most Famous Battles
by Constantinos Lagos and Fotis Karyanos,
translated by John Carr
A Bold Re-Appraisal of One of History's Most Famous Battles
by Constantinos Lagos and Fotis Karyanos,
translated by John Carr
I had no idea Miltiades spoke French.
Thank you.
Great read, great site!
I was amused to find out that Darius entrusted his western border to the satrap Megabazos. Reminded me that our internet satrap megaBezos got his start out in the west as well.
Hi.
I apologize in advance...
Those who follow Delbrueck imply that the Greeks, far from being athletes of the body and of the mind, were soft not only in their brains, but also in their muscles.
What is the Greek word for “pussies?”
Asking for a Spartan that doesn’t have a smart phone.
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We have Herodotus for the Greek version of the battle. Robert Graves supplied the Persian version.
This has been a controversy that raged through Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch.
For those interested, I would suggest reading Plutarch’s criticism of Herodotus: “On the malice of Herodotus”. He basically calls Herodotus a “barbarian lover”.
As well as this paper
https://www.academia.edu/6636271/The_Silence_of_Thucydides_The_Battle_of_Marathon_and_Athenian_Pride
Regardless of who’s interpretation of the battle we know this for a fact; the Persians lost.
Thanks for posting.
Your post mentioned “Athenian hoplite formation” so I had to look that up. That led to learning about linothorax armor and a side trip to a graduate student and his professor who actually made some not long ago and tested it. Then I was on to “phalanx” formations and how that originated and how it worked in practice.
That was a nice 30 minutes!
