Screen LibraryAfter Thermopylae : the oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars /
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| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Emblems of antiquity
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| Carrier Form: | xxx, 203 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780199908462 (electronic bk.) 019990846X (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | DF225 |
| CLC: | K125 |
| Call Number: | K125/C327 |
| Contents: | Introduction: arms and the men -- The Oath of Plataea: texts and contexts -- The Plataea Oath as a document of ancient Greek religion -- The Persian Wars: making history on oath with Herodotus -- The face of the Battle of Plataea -- The Greeks invent the Persian Wars: the mythology and commemoration of Plataea -- Conclusion: the legacy of Plataea. |