036 - The Marathonomachoi

In this episode, we discuss the events leading up to, the battle of Marathon itself, and its aftermath; the folklore that grew up after Marathon; and the internal political happenings of Athens during the 480s BC

Primary Sources:

Text/Herodotus' Histories (Book 6)

Text/Plutarch's Life of Themistocles

Text/Plutarch's Life of Aristides

Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Video/Darius the Great - Persia Rises Part 3 (Yore History)

 

Map/The Achaemenid Empire (ca. 500 BC)

Map/The Greco-Persian Wars

Video/The Persians & Greeks (Crash Course)

Video/The Greco-Persian Wars Explained (Knowledgia)



Video/The Persian Wars (Foxwede History)

Video/Greek Armies During the Persian Invasions (Kings and Generals)

Video/Beginning of the Greco-Persian Wars (Khan Academy)

Video/Why the Persians Failed to Conquer Greece (Invicta History)

Video/Battle of Marathon (History Den)



Video/Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) (History Dude)

 

Video/The Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) (Hoc Est Bellum)

Video/Battle of Marathon - Persia and Greece Collide (Yore History)

 

Video/The Battle of Marathon Debunked - Facts and Myths (Sand Rhoman)



Map/Battle of Marathon (Initial Situation)

Map/Battle of Marathon (Greek Double Envelopment)

Photo/Reconstruction of Beached Ships at Marathon

Photos/Marathon Archaeological Site

Photos/Marathon Archaeological Museum

Photo/Plain of Marathon

Photo/Tomb of the Athenians at Marathon

Photo/Helmet and Skull from Marathon

Photo/Helmet of Miltiades

Photo/Bust of Miltiades

Photo/Modern Statue of Pheidippides along Marathon Road

Photo/Ostraka with Xanthippus' Name Inscribed

Photo/Ostraka with Aristeides' Name Inscribed

Photos/Laurium Silver Mines

Photo/Ruins of Silver Mines at Laurium

Photo/Ostrakon with Themistokles' Name Inscribed

Photo/Roman Bust of Themistokles

Recommended Podcast Episodes:

***Ancient Greece Declassified - The Persian Wars
***Antiquitas - Marathon

***Antiquity in Question - The Persian Wars, Who am I and Who are You?

***Casting Through Ancient Greece - The First Persian Invasion

***Casting Through Ancient Greece - The Battle of Marathon

***History in the Making - Persia Stirs
***History in the Making - The World Reshuffled

***History of the World - The Battle of Marathon (490 BCE)
***History of Persia - Greece Awakens
***History of Persia - The Last Battle
***Maritime History - A ‘Heraldless War’ and a Man Named Themistocles
***Maritime History - Marathon and Persian Naval Power