Herodotus Flashcards
Putts Athens centre stage
If the Athenians had left their own country or surrendered to the king, no one would have tried to resist the king by sea
Even if extensive fortifications were built across the Isthmus
Te Spartans would have been betrayed by their allies (overwhelmed)
-“It is absolutely correct to say that the Athenians were the saviours of Greece”
Reliable source- tells it as he knows it
“I am not going to say whether this or that version is true, but I will show you who I know to have been the first to harm the Greeks”
-when describing who was first to steal the women from Each other Phoenicians and Greeks, Phoenicians say that Io left with the captain
Dismissal of the Onetes/Cordalklus story, agreement with Ephialtes
“I do not believe it at all”
“After careful research”
Plutarch accused him of being a Barbarian lover
Mentioned all Xerxes brothers that fell
“Nothing is faster than these Persian messengers”
Makes Persians effeminate
“My men have become women, and my women men”
NOT always supporting Athens
The Athenians say that the Corinthians played no part in the battle
“The rest of Greece agree with the Corinthian version”
Lived
484-425BC
