Marathon. Stories, VI.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 10620 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 113 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2007 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251799919 |
Classic bilingual collection. Herodotus is our main source for knowledge of the Persian Wars that pitted the Greeks against the Persians between 490 and 479 BC and which are symbolized by the two Greek victories of Marathon (-490) and Salamis (-480): essentially Athenian victories that largely contributed to establishing Athens' hegemony over the Aegean world. On the plain of Marathon, a Persian army of more than 100,000 men and the close ranks of 11,000 Greeks opposed each other, as well as two tactics: that of the Persians who sought to break through the Athenian center and that of the Athenians who, on both wings, crushed the Persians who were then forced to flee on their ships. In order to protect Athens from the barbarian fleet, "the Athenians rushed to the defense of the city with all the speed of their legs and arrived first… . We know what posterity has made of this race to Athens: the exploit of a single messenger who collapsed dead upon reaching the goal and which would become the emblematic image of the foot race in Olympic competitions.
Classic bilingual collection. Herodotus is our main source for knowledge of the Persian Wars that pitted the Greeks against the Persians between 490 and 479 BC and which are symbolized by the two Greek victories of Marathon (-490) and Salamis (-480): essentially Athenian victories that largely contributed to establishing Athens' hegemony over the Aegean world. On the plain of Marathon, a Persian army of more than 100,000 men and the close ranks of 11,000 Greeks opposed each other, as well as two tactics: that of the Persians who sought to break through the Athenian center and that of the Athenians who, on both wings, crushed the Persians who were then forced to flee on their ships. In order to protect Athens from the barbarian fleet, "the Athenians rushed to the defense of the city with all the speed of their legs and arrived first… . We know what posterity has made of this race to Athens: the exploit of a single messenger who collapsed dead upon reaching the goal and which would become the emblematic image of the foot race in Olympic competitions.