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9.11 The next day the Athenian messengers said they were leaving & that Athens would medize. The ephors surprised them w/news of their army. |
Posted on 12-04-18 | |
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9.12 The messengers left for the Isthmus. Meanwhile, the Argives sent a runner to Mardonius in Attica to tell him of the Spartans' approach. |
Posted on 12-05-18 | |
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9.13 Mardonius had been waiting for the Athenians to come to terms. When he heard the news, he burned Athens & withdrew toward Thebes. |
Posted on 12-06-18 | |
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9.14 M. turned toward Megara when he heard the enemy was there. His cavalry overran the country--the farthest west the Persians ever got. |
Posted on 12-07-18 | |
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9.15 M. then retreated to Thebes, where his men built a fort. Meanwhile, a man named Attaginus hosted a dinner for M. & 50 Persian grandees. |
Posted on 12-08-18 | |
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9.16 Thersander of Orchomenus told me this: a Persian he met at the dinner told him he expected very few Persians to survive the war. |
Posted on 12-09-18 | |
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9.17 The Phocians medized under compulsion & joined the Persians in Boeotia late. The Persian cavalry advanced against them as if to attack. |
Posted on 12-10-18 | |
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9.18 They encircled the Phocians & attacked but as quickly withdrew. It's not clear why. Mardonius later told them they needn't be afraid. |
Posted on 12-11-18 | |
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9.19 The Persians encamped along the Asopus River. The Greeks advanced into Boeotia & encamped opposite them in the foothills of Cithaeron. |
Posted on 12-12-18 | |
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9.20 Mardonius sent his cavalry against the Greeks. The cavalry, under the command of Masistius, attacked the Greeks in waves. |
Posted on 12-13-18 | |
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