The Persian Wars
Ionian Revolt
Aristagoras
of Miletus - the Naxos Debacle - 499
Athenians
assist in the burning of Sardis - 498
Persians
crush revolt - Battle of Lade, Sack of Miletus - 494
Phrynichus
and the Sack of Miletus - 493
Mardonius'
expedition wrecked at Athos - 492
Darius' Invasion
Demand
for earth and water - Medizing states - 491
Aegina
crisis
Invasion
at Marathon
Miltiades
and the Alcmaionids at Marathon
Plataian
allies
Spartan
aid comes too late
-
Phidippides the runner
-
the Spartan Carnea
Athenian
Self-Definition: the Saviors of Greece against the Barbarian
The
Heroes of Marathon
Athens after Marathon
Themistokles
and Ostracism - 487
Archons
chosen by lot
Aristides
the Just - ostracized 482
The
Delphic Oracle and the Persian Invasion
Athens'
"wooden walls" - Themistokles and the new fleet
Xerxes' Invasion
Medizing
Greek States
Thessaly
- the first line of defense
Battle
of Thermopylae - the Spartan moment
-
Leonidas the king of Sparta
-
Ephialtes the traitor
Battle
of Artemisium - aid from Boreas
Evacuation
of Athens and the Wall at the Isthmus
Xerxes' Invasion
Battle
of Salamis
-
Themistokles the trickster
-
Aeschylus' The Persians
Retreat
of Xerxes and the fleet
Mardonius'
campaign
-
Battle of Plataea
-
Battle of Mycale
Aftermath of the
Persian War
Building
of the Long Walls
Spartan
concerns over Athenian strength
Themistocles
the trickster
Vengeance
on the Persians
Pausanias
leads Greeks to victory against Persians at Cyprus and Byzantium
Shift
of Leadership from Sparta to Athens
Pausanias
antagonizes Greek allies
Pausanias
recalled to Sparta for corruption, replaced by Dorcis
Athenians
Aristides and Cimon win favor with Greek allies
Readings For Next
Week::
Buckley
ch. 10 – 15 (focus on 10-12)
Thucydides
Book I (focus on 1.89-117)
Plutarch
– Cimon
Sophocles
Antigone
Fornara
# 95 (Peace of Kallias)
Thucydides 1.89-93 on Themistokles and the Long
Walls provides a good introduction to the historianıs work. In it he comes close to the style of
Herodotus in telling an interesting story in order to make a point: how the Athenians attained the position
that in time enabled them to develop their empire. What elements of this story might provoke the comparison
with Herodotus? What effect do
these elements have upon its reliability as a historical source?
Thucydides 1.89-117 provides a condensed account
of the development of the Delian League from its beginning until it appears
transformed into an Athenian Empire.
The format of a bare listing tends to emphasize Athensı escalating oppression
of its allies. In tracing this
development, you may find it helpful to utilize the list format, noting the
chronological order of these actions, locating their sites on the map, and
considering the justification that Thucydides gives for each.
Plutarch recounts the story of Cimon recovering
the bones of Theseus. Why was this
action important to the Athenians?
How did it influence Cimon's political career? What other stories about Cimon reveal the ways he was
regarded as a politician?
How did the rivalries between the kings and the
different factions in Sparta influence the foreign policy of Sparta in this
period?
Timeline
|
560-546 |
Croesus
king in Lydia |
|
559 |
Cyrus
becomes king of Persia |
|
550 |
Cyrus
conquers Media |
|
546 |
Cyrus
conquers Lydia |
|
546-528
|
Pisistratus'
final tyranny at Athens |
|
539 |
Cyrus
conquers Babylon |
|
530
|
Death
of Cyrus, accession of Cambyses |
|
525 |
Persian
conquest of Egypt |
|
521 |
Darius
takes power in Persia |
|
520-490
|
Cleomenes
King of Sparta |
|
514
|
Harmodios
and Aristogeiton assassinate Hipparchos |
|
512 |
Darius
conquers Thrace |
|
510
|
Expulsion
of the Pisistratids from Athens |
|
508/7
|
Isagoras
Archon at Athens; reforms of Cleisthenes |
|
501/500 |
Board
of Ten Generals instituted at Athens |
|
499 |
Ionian
revolt begins |
|
498 |
Sardis
burned by Ionians; Cleomenes wins Battle of Sepeia |
|
497 |
Revolt
quelled on Cyprus |
|
494 |
Battle
of Lade; Sack of Miletus |
|
493/2 |
Themistokles
archon at Athens; Phrynichus - Sack of Miletus |
|
492 |
Mardonius'
expedition wrecked in storm off Athos |
|
491 |
Persians
demand earth and water; Aeginetan crisis |
|
490 |
Battle
of Marathon - Persians retreat; Death of Cleomenes |
|
487/6 |
Ostracisms
and choice of archons by lot instituted at Athens |
|
483 |
Persians
dig Athos canal; new vein at Laurium silver mine |
|
482 |
Aristides
ostracized; new Athenian fleet built |
|
480 |
Persian
invasion; Battles of Artemisium, Thermopylae, Salamis |
|
479 |
Battles
of Plataea and Mycale |