After Thermopylae : the oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars / Paul Cartledge.
Uniform Title: | Emblems of antiquity.
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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Series: | Emblems of antiquity.
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Physical Description: | xxx, 203 pages : illustrations, 4 maps ; 22 cm. |
Format: | Book |
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.