Xerxes
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This model shows the Athenian Acropolis as it might have looked on the eve of Xerxes’ invasion - 480 BCE. |
Acropolis, Xerxes, Pillage, Plunder, Persian Wars | view |
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The "Tyrannicides" - statues of Harmodios and Aristogeiton. Xerxes took them from Athens to his capital at Susa. |
Tyrannicides, Harmodios, Aristogeiton, Plunder, Pillage, Xerxes | view |
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XERXES AND THE MOUNT ATHOS CANAL |
The construction of Xerxes' canal across the base of mount Athos is the type of hybristic engineering project which Plato's Atlanteans, themselves... |
Atlantis, Plato, Herodotus, Ancient Greek, Persian Wars, Xerxes, Canal, hybris, hubris | view |
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XERXES' CANAL |
This link takes you to an article in World Archaeology about Xerxes' canal. |
Atlantis, Plato, Herodotus, Xerxes, Persian Wars, hybris, Archaeology | view |
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XERXES AT THE HELLESPONT |
Herodotus' description of Xerxes' bridging of the Hellespont show us the combination of ambitious engineering projects with out-of-control... |
Atlantis, Plato, Herodotus, Xerxes, hybris, Ancient Greek, Persian Wars, Ancient history | view |
