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Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 3: the Persians move through Arabia and conquer Egypt. They take a stab at Ethiopia and are rebuffed. Cyrus's son proves somewhat unstable. Marries his sisters and kills his brothers. Darius and the seven rise up and kill cytambenes. Almost forgot, the Persians take over Libya along the way.
— Apr 06, 2013 07:50PM
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Matthew Jankowski
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I'm on page 610 of 786 of The Icon and the Axe: Chapter 8: phew"! The naval battle during thermypylae, the political wrangling heading up to salamis. Themistocles influential Athenian, mardonus the Ionian I think, eurybates the spartan in charge of the fleet. battle of salamis, xerxes retreat to Hellespont, protect bridge from Greek fleet. Themistocles beseiges Greek islands to extort money. Alexander the Macedonia b
— Apr 14, 2013 07:40PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 7: Darius dies. Xerxes, son of atossa, takes over. Artabanus argues against invading Greece. Mardonus argues for. Zeroes changes his mind a few times but a ghost convinces him and zeroes to invade Greece. An awesome host is assembled and enumerated, Old Testament style. Poor Pythias eldest son cut in half. The Persians do that an awful lot.
— Apr 13, 2013 03:02PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 6: The Persians squelch the rebellion; Miletus and the Ionians are brought to heel. The Persians seek revenge on the Athenians, but are turned back at Marathon. Militiades, who causes much trouble and leads at Marathon, dies.
— Apr 12, 2013 03:09PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Darius asks 'who are the Athenians?' Setting the stage for chap 6, and sets out to punish Ionia. flees the trouble he cause in Ionia. Dieting in Thrace. End chapter 5.
— Apr 09, 2013 08:25PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Aristagoras reaches Athens at just the right time. The Athenians assist Miletus, burning Sardis. Aristagoras plots to bug king Darius.
— Apr 09, 2013 08:13PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 5.7: cleistthenes takes popular control of Athens, thwarting cleomenes and is abroad. Cleisthtese sends envoy to Sardis, envoy's basically give away the farm. Cleomenes raises Peloponnesus army to take revenge on cleistthenes.
— Apr 09, 2013 07:58PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chter 5.6: aristagoras fails to persuade cleomenes, king of Sparta. Diogenes dies for not listening to the oracle, he ought have waited. Aristagoras attempts to convince the Athenians.
— Apr 09, 2013 07:45PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 5.5:aristagoras, king of Miletus, finds himself in dire straits and leads a revolt. He sets people freeso they will support and then goes to lacedaemonia to whip up some support.
— Apr 09, 2013 07:36PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 5.3 Aristagoras insults megabytes. Megabates thwarts the invasion of Naxos.
— Apr 09, 2013 07:31PM
Matthew Jankowski
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Chapter 5.1 Alexander of Macedonia kills 7 Persians.
— Apr 09, 2013 07:25PM
