Herodotus: Athens, led by ten generals, marches to Marathon; Plataea sends reinforcements; Herodotus: At Miltiades' urging, Athens resists and fights…
Athens, led by ten generals, marches to Marathon; Plataea sends reinforcements
Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ ὡς ἐπύθοντο ταῦτα, ἐβοήθεον καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐς τὸν Μαραθῶνα.
Location: 6.103-108
At Miltiades' urging, Athens resists and fights long; Polemarchus and Callimachus die
τότε δὲ τασσομένων τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐν τῷ Μαραθῶνι ἐγίνετο τοιόνδε τι·
Location: 6.109-114
The Persians lose seven ships and sail around Sunium; Athens returns to the city first and guards it; 6,400 Persians and 192 Athenians die
Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον τάχιστα ἐβοήθεον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ, καὶ ἔφθησάν τε ἀπικόμενοι πρὶν ἢ τοὺς βαρβάρους ἥκειν, καὶ ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο ἀπιγμένοι ἐξ Ἡρακλείου τοῦ…
Location: 6.115-117
When Datis lands at Marathon, the ten generals debate
ἐπεὶ δὲ Δᾶτις ὑπὸ Δαρείου πεμφθεὶς λόγῳ μὲν ἐπιθεῖναι δίκην Ἀθηναίοις, ὅτι Σάρδεις ἐνέπρησαν, ἔργῳ δὲ καταστρέψασθαι τοὺς Ἕλληνας, εἰς Μαραθῶνα παντὶ τῷ στόλῳ…
Location: Plut. Aristides 5
A few years after the tyrants were deposed, Athens fights the Medes at Marathon
ἔτη γάρ ἐστι μάλιστα τετρακόσια καὶ ὀλίγῳ πλείω ἐς τὴν τελευτὴν τοῦδε τοῦ πολέμου ἀφ’ οὗ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τῇ αὐτῇ πολιτείᾳ χρῶνται, καὶ δι’ αὐτὸ δυνάμενοι καὶ τὰ…
Location: 1.18.1
Place: Marathon
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