Week 22 Flashcards
Who was recalled from exile to work with Themistocles to prepare to defend Greece against the second Persian attack?
Aristides
What Spartan king led three hundred Spartan soldiers and six thousand allied soldiers in guarding the pass at Thermopylae?
Leonidas
How were the Immortals able to surround and defeat the Spartans at Thermopylae?
Greek shepherd showed the goat path
When Greek allied soldiers retreated into the Peloponnesus, they built a five-mile wall across what piece of land?
Isthmus of Corinth
When the Persians entered Greece through the pass at Thermopylae, they gained access to what deserted city and burned it to the ground?
Athens
Who won the sea battle at Salamis with inside information?
Themistocles (Greeks)
When Xerxes returned to Persia after the Battle at Salamis, who did he leave in charge of conquering Greece?
Mardonius
What Spartan king succeeded Leonidas and won the battle at Plataea?
Pausanias
What Spartan king defeated the Persian fleet at Mycale, causing them to flee?
Eurybiades
What league did the Ionians form with the Greeks promising to defend them from the Persians should war be renewed?
Delian League
Which Spartan king became proud and asked the Persians to help him become king over all of Greece and when discovered starved to death in the temple?
Pausanias
Who succeeded Xerxes I after his death?
Artaxerxes I
Who became the chief ruler of Athens after the Persian Wars and greatly strengthened the city?
Aristides
What son of Miltiades was made the head of the Athenian army and won many victories over the Persians in Asia Minor, bringing back spoil to beautify the city?
Cimon
