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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: philjones62 on Sep 23, 2026, 10:41 PM

Title: And one on Greeks on the Persian side at Marathon
Post by: philjones62 on Sep 23, 2026, 10:41 PM
Another open access, albeit very short note.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/herodotus-on-the-greeks-in-datis-army-at-marathon/39118C0038ED9959D483D161363E98CE
Title: Re: And one on Greeks on the Persian side at Marathon
Post by: Ian61 on Sep 24, 2026, 06:34 AM
Another good find. One might almost think Herodotus was pro Greek ;D
Title: Re: And one on Greeks on the Persian side at Marathon
Post by: Keraunos on Sep 24, 2026, 07:52 AM
An interesting article in its own right and discussion of it with my son ended with him posing the even more interesting question as to whether the war against Xerxes was the only war in which Sparta came out on top without the aid of Persian money!