LEADER 03009nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910808660103321 005 20240313201225.0 010 $a0-19-991155-X 010 $a1-299-46702-4 010 $a0-19-990846-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001019452 035 $a(EBL)1173599 035 $a(OCoLC)839863021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000861134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12342642 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000861134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10915121 035 $a(PQKB)10164955 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1173599 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1173599 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10685266 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL477952 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001019452 100 $a20130329d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfter Thermopylae $ethe oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars /$fPaul Cartledge 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 225 0 $aEmblems of antiquity 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-974732-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Maps; Time line; Chapter One: INTRODUCTION: ARMS AND THE MEN; Chapter Two: THE OATH OF PLATAEA: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS; Chapter Three: THE PLATAEA OATH AS A DOCUMENT OF ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION; Chapter Four: THE PERSIAN WARS: MAKING HISTORY ON OATH WITH HERODOTUS; Chapter Five: THE FACE OF THE BATTLE OF PLATAEA; Chapter Six: THE GREEKS INVENT THE PERSIAN WARS: THE MYTHOLOGY AND COMMEMORATION OF PLATAEA; Chapter Seven: CONCLUSION: THE LEGACY OF PLATAEA; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K 327 $aLM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z 330 $aThe Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisively ended the threat of a Persian conquest of Greece. It involved tens of thousands of combatants, including the largest number of Greeks ever brought together in a common cause. For the Spartans, the driving force behind the Greek victory, the battle was sweet vengeance for their defeat at Thermopylae the year before. Why has this pivotal battle been so overlooked? In After Thermopylae, Paul Cartledge masterfully reopens one of the great puzzles of ancient Greece to discover, as much as possible, w 410 0$aEmblems of Antiquity 606 $aPlataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C 607 $aGreece$xHistory$yPersian Wars, 500-449 B.C$xCampaigns 615 0$aPlataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C. 676 $a938/.03 700 $aCartledge$b Paul$0176602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808660103321 996 $aAfter Thermopylae$9258066 997 $aUNINA