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Xerxes' presentation in Greek and Roman sources is largely negative and this set the tone for most subsequent depictions of him within the western tradition. Xerxes is a central character of Aeschylus' play The Persians, first performed in Athens in 472 BC, only seven years after his invasion of Greece. The play presents him as an effeminate ...
Xerxes found the scout's reports of the size of the Greek force, and that the Spartans were indulging in callisthenics and combing their long hair, laughable. Seeking the counsel of Demaratus , an exiled Spartan king in his retinue, Xerxes was told the Spartans were preparing for battle, and it was their custom to adorn their hair when they ...
She was of Carian-Greek ethnicity by her father Lygdamis I, and half-Cretan by her mother. [3] She fought as an ally of Xerxes I, King of Persia against the independent Greek city states during the second Persian invasion of Greece. [4] She personally commanded ships at the naval battle of Artemisium [5] and at the naval Battle of Salamis in ...
In Greek mythology the Hot Gates is one of the entrances to Hades. [ 2 ] Thermopylae is the site of the Battle of Thermopylae between the Greek forces (including Spartans , Thebans and Thespians) and the invading Persian forces, commemorated by Simonides of Ceos in the epitaph , "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, That here we lie ...
The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece.
Xenia (Greek: ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. [ 1 ] It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. [ 2 ]
The Battle of Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s / SAL-ə-miss) was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes.
Leonidas I (/ l i ə ˈ n aɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty , a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles .