Read this article to learn about the role of Athens in the Persian war. In contradistinction to the petty, selfish policy of the Spartans the Athenians all throughout the course of the Persian war followed a truly Pan-Hellenic policy and suffered greatly for the common cause. At the time of the Ionian revolt, it was Athens that sided with the [...]
Biography on the Pausanias! Pausanias, son of Cleombrotus became the regent of his child-cousin Pleistarchus son of Leonidas, the hero of Thermopylae. He was a man of remarkable military ability who showed his worth in the battle of Plataea where he had to oppose an abler general than himself. But as Prof. Bury remarks, his talents as a politician were [...]
This article provides short notes about the place of Mycale. On the same day as the battle of Plataea the Greeks won another victory on the Ionian coast at Mycale, east of Samos. The Greek fleet had been stationed at Delos on guard throughout the summer under the command of Leotichidas. Xanthippus and the Athenians joined the fleet at Delos [...]