stronger claim than his brother because he was the son of Atossa‚ the daughter of Cyrus the great. Hence‚ Herodotus tells us that the solution was provided by Demaratus‚ an exiled Spartan king‚ who pointed that xerxes was the first-born son after Darius became king. Xerxes is shown in the reliefs at Persepolis as the heir standing behind his enthroned father suggesting he was next to the throne. Herodotus tells us that xerxes was being prepared to be king from a young age as he was taught‚ “to ride‚ to
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the end of life and is feared‚ while in other places death is a new beginning and is welcomed with open arms. Death has journeyed far to what it means today. I would like to journey back in time to what death meant in the days of which Herodotus traveled. Herodotus journeyed from his home‚ Greece‚ to the land of the Egyptians. There he looks at mummification‚ a death ritual in Egypt with a Greek perspective. I would like to examine the similarities and differences between the Greeks and Egyptian death
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also to have contributed to the chain of command. * Responsible for much of the trade and craft – mining‚ manufacture and commerce moreover‚ all mineral and marine resources of Laconia. * According to ancient writers such as a pliny and Herodotus mention the periocoi as making shoes‚ purple garments and objects of wood and iron. * Helots: Produced agriculture. The economic role of the Periocoi and the Helots is considered as an integral part of the Spartan society. Without the
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Biography on homer By * Is the author of the Iliad * Is the author of the Odyssey‚ and * is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet * When he lived is controversial. * Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus’ own time‚ * which would place him at around 850 BC * Other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the War‚ around in early 12th century BC. * For modern scholars "the date of Homer" refers
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legend. The women’s supposed lust for battle and manly skill in warfare has been an imperishable element of the myth. Homer describes them as “a match for men in war”‚ their attacks being known as “no slight or womanish enterprise”1. According to Herodotus this manly warfare was the substance by which they defined themselves‚ “We are riders‚ our business is with the bow and the spear‚ and know nothing of women work”. The Greek art form Amazonomachy‚ devoted purely to Greek battles with Amazons‚ reveals
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relection on society at the time. even in antiquity there are multiply stories as to why the trojan war happen. Herodotus is in the mid 5th century 450 inventor of modern history. (per socretes) He is writing about his findings without bias and he wants orepor so that it’s not lost. (persians =barbarians) Herodotus puts his name on his work. Thucydides (written after herodotus) died about writting ab out the peloponnesian war (two greek cities) Home wrote about greeks and trojans. spartan
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Ishtar is the Queen of Heaven by the citizens of ancient Mesopotamia. She is often shown winged and bearing arms. In the excerpt‚ Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the Assyrian News Agency Version‚ Ishtar is the goddess of love and fertility‚ also the goddess of war which no latter day king‚ no man alive can equal. This expresses a strong feminist standpoint during the ancient Mesopotamia. Ishtar lures her lovers and then executes them hence; Gilgamesh refused her proposal for marriage. Gilgamesh is afraid of the
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The Battle of Salamis The naval battle of Salamis was one of the last great battles of the Greco-Persian Wars‚ An invasion of Greece by the Persians Led by Persian King forces cunningly defeated Xerxes larger fleet under the leadership of Athenian general Themistocles. Xerxes‚ the son of King Darius was aggressive in the building of his empire. To get revenge for his late his father’s defeat at Marathon‚ he led an army of 150‚000 men and a navy consisting of 600 triremes (war vessels) into Greece
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Thermopylae The battle at Thermopylae was a long awaited battle‚ after both powers Athens and Persia submitted to a 10 year inter-war period from 490BC to 480BC‚ in order to carefully prepare a second invasion from the Persian’s‚ following the humiliating defeat of Darius at marathon. Xerxes actions were motivated by revenge and the urge to burn Athens to the ground‚ just like Sardis‚ however he knew it would not be easy. The Persians spent multiple years recruiting new infantry from all areas
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the same time. They realised that doing nothing would not be acceptable so they sent a small expedition led by Leonidas one of its kings‚ to block the pass until the festival was over and the main army could arrive to back them up. According to Herodotus the army led by Leonidas was also sent in the hopes to rally several of the other allied states into joining them in the defence. Leonidas himself believed that due to a prophecy the Spartans had received from the Oracle of Delphi (Rawlinson 1942
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