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... Persian throne CHAPTER II . THE PERSIAN EMPIRE UNDER DAREIOS . The revolt of Babylon The despotism of Polykrates in Samos The last scenes in the career of Polykrates The despotism of Maiandrios and of Syloson Organization of the Persian ...
... Persian throne CHAPTER II . THE PERSIAN EMPIRE UNDER DAREIOS . The revolt of Babylon The despotism of Polykrates in Samos The last scenes in the career of Polykrates The despotism of Maiandrios and of Syloson Organization of the Persian ...
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... Persian heralds to demand earth and water from the Western Greeks 147 491 ? Treatment of the heralds at Sparta and Athens . 147 Deposition and exile of Demaratos • 149 490 Capture of Naxos and Eretria by the Persians 149 • Rivalry of ...
... Persian heralds to demand earth and water from the Western Greeks 147 491 ? Treatment of the heralds at Sparta and Athens . 147 Deposition and exile of Demaratos • 149 490 Capture of Naxos and Eretria by the Persians 149 • Rivalry of ...
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... Persian fleet . Artemisia and the Kalyndian ship Counsel of Mardonios Alleged second message of Themistokles to Xerxes The flight of Xerxes General credibility of the narrative Siege of Andros by the confederates Distribution of honours ...
... Persian fleet . Artemisia and the Kalyndian ship Counsel of Mardonios Alleged second message of Themistokles to Xerxes The flight of Xerxes General credibility of the narrative Siege of Andros by the confederates Distribution of honours ...
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... Persian king whose power after the fall of the Lydian monarchy had been extended to the shores of the Hellespontos , and to whom the Athenian settlement at Sigeion had thus become tributary . Hippoklos , the tyrant of Lampsakos , was at ...
... Persian king whose power after the fall of the Lydian monarchy had been extended to the shores of the Hellespontos , and to whom the Athenian settlement at Sigeion had thus become tributary . Hippoklos , the tyrant of Lampsakos , was at ...
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... Persian tribes , and holds forth the boon of freedom , in other words , of immunity from taxation , if they will break the Median yoke from off their necks . The contrast of a banquet to which they are bidden after a day spent in severe ...
... Persian tribes , and holds forth the boon of freedom , in other words , of immunity from taxation , if they will break the Median yoke from off their necks . The contrast of a banquet to which they are bidden after a day spent in severe ...
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