While they were deliberating on these matters, Xerxes sent a scout on horseback.Continuing The Battle of Thermopylae,our selection from Herodotus.
Thermopylae – 3
The barbarians, when the wind had lulled and the waves had subsided, having hauled down their ships, sailed along the continent.Continuing The
Thermopylae – 2
Two of the ships were taken; but the other, which Phormus, an Athenian, commanded, in its flight ran ashore.Continuing The Battle of
The Battle of Thermopylae
This series has six easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe invasion of Greece by Xerxes is the subject of the great history written in nine