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MARATHON, 490 B. C.
Darius, King of Persia, 500 b. c. — Vastness of his empire — Grecian and Persian interests clash in Asia Minor — Darius' bitter resentment against Miltiades — Persia makes war on the Greek colonies — Mardonius despatched with a powerful fleet to sack Athens — His dire misfortune — Darius rallies for a final effort — Assembles a great army on the plains of Cilicia — Datis the Mede, and Artaphernes in command — They cross the ^Egean and land at Marathon — Confidence of the Persians — Simultaneous rising of Attica — Spartan aid invoked — Platsea to the rescue — Disposition of the Asiatics — Their surprise — Impetuosity of the Greeks finally checked by the Persian centre — They fall back and entice the Persians in undisciplined pursuit, on to the open plain — Greek successes on the right and left — The Persians hemmed in on three sides — Fearful carnage — The army of Datis in mad retreat — They fly to their ships — Their camp in possession of the Greeks — The Persians sail for Athens — Miltiades marches overland to its support — Datis, again baffled, withdraws — Athens to the forefront in Grecian affairs — Pitiful end of Miltiades — Darius returns to Asia — Greece sees no more of the Persians for ten years 2 S~Z"l
THERMOPYLiE, 480 B. C.
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