039 - The Greek Counterattack

In this episode, we discuss the tensions between the Spartan-Athenian alliance during the winter of 480/79 BC, their eventual makeup (sort of), and the Greek counterattack against the Persians in spring 479 BC, culminating in the twin victories at the battles of Plataea and Mycale, effectively ending the first phase of the Greco-Persian wars

Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Map/The Greco-Persian Wars

Video/The Persians & Greeks (Crash Course)

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

Video/The Greco-Persian Wars Explained (Knowledgia)



Video/The Persian Wars (Foxwede History)

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

Video/Second Persian Invasion (Khan Academy)

Map/Persian Movements to Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, and Plataea

Video/Battle of Plataea (History Den)

Video/The Battle of Plataea (July 479 BCE) (History Dude)

Map/Initial Movements of Battle of Plataea

Map/Main Phase of Battle of Plataea

Photo/"Snake Column" (Originally at Delphi but now at Hippodrome in Constantinople)

Video/Battle of Mycale and Delian League (History Den)

Map/Battle of Mycale

Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Ancient Greece Declassified Ep 07 The Persian Wars
***Antiquity in Question - The Persian Wars, Who am I and Who are You?
***The Heritage Podcast Ep 24 The Persian War
***History in the Making Ep 09 Plataea