Introduction 1. General The Greeks who defeated the Persian invaders in the early fifth century B. C. erected monuments to last beyond their lifetimes and to arouse in succeeding generations a feeling of respect and wonder for their achievement. None of the monuments commemorating these famous wars have survived in unimpaired form and few have survived at all. In view of the ravages of time and… Read more
I. Monuments of the Ionian Revolt 1. Naxos: Stater, with wreathed cahtharus, commemorating a victory over the Persians in 500 B. C. at the beginning of the Ionian Revolt. Holloway 1962. The archaic staters of Naxos, issued during the sixth century and the first decade of the fifth, bear on the obverse side a cantharus with ivy leaf and a bunch… Read more
II. Monuments of Marathon 4. Trophy on the plain of Marathon. Hitzig and Blümner 1896,1: 335. Perrin 1901: 297; Rouse 1902: 99; Frazer 1913,2; 44. Aristophanes, Knights 1333-1334 (Chorus, to Demos): “Hail, king of the Greeks; and we rejoice with you. For you do what is worthy of the city and the trophy on Marathon plain.” … Read more
III. Panhellenic Monuments of the Persian Wars in General 25. Gilded tripod supported by column of three entwined serpents, dedicated at Delphi. Syll.3 31; Herodotus 9.81; Thucydides 1.132.2-3; Ps-Demosthenes 59.97; Diodorus 11.33; Pausanias 10.13.9; Schol. on Thucydides 1.132. Column.In the Hippodrome, Istanbul.- Base.In Delphi. [See Bommelaer, Guide de Delphes: le site (1991) 166-167, no. 407: Delphi Guide] … Read more
IV. Panhellenic Monuments of Salamis 28. Thank offering consisting of three Phoenician triremes, one dedicated at the Isthmus, one at Sunium, and one for Ajax at Salamis. Herodotus 8.121.1; cf. 8.109.3. Macan 1907,1: 548; Rouse 1907: 105; How and Wells 1912,2: 275; Fimmen 1916: 2263; Meyer 1931: 916. Herodotus 8.121.1: “First they set aside for the gods… Read more
V. Panhellenic Monuments of Plataea 30. Ruins of sanctuaries as a memorial of Persian impiety, either not rebuilt atall or rebuilt after a long delay, because of the Oath of Plataea. Stele from Acharnae (see below); Lycurgus, Contra Leocratem 80-81; Diodorus 11.29; Theopompus, Philippica 25, fr. 153 (Jacoby1923-1930: 2B1, 569; Cicero, De re publica 3.9.15; Pausanias 10.35.2-3. Stele from Acharnae. Robert 1938: 302-316;… Read more
VI. Spartan Monuments of the Persian Wars in General 35. Persian Stoa in the Agora in Sparta. Vitruvius 1.1.6; Pausanias 3.11.3. Hitzig and Blümner 1896,1: 768-769; Rouse 1907: 124; Frazer 1913,3: 328; Hobein 1931: 15-16. Vitruvius 1.1.6 [Loeb translation by Granger 1931]: “Not less the Spartans under the command of Pausanias, son of Agesilaus, having conquered an… Read more
VII. Spartan monuments of Thermopylae 37. Shrine of Maron and Alpheius in Sparta. Pausanias 3.12.9. Hitzig and Blümner 1896,1: 776; Macan 1907,1: 335; Frazer 1913,3: 331; Ehrenburg 1930. Pausanias 3.12.9: “There is a shrine of Maron and Alpheios (in Sparta). Of rhe Lacedaemonians who fought at Thermopylae they seem, by reputation, to have fought especially worthily after… Read more
VIII. Spartan Monuments of Salamis and of Plataea 40. Tomb of Eurybiades in Sparta, the commander of the Spartan fleet at Salamis. Pausanias 3.16.6. Hitzig and Blümner 1896,1: 798; Frazer 1913,3: 340. Pausanias 3.16.6 (Pausanias has just mentioned the sanctuary of Leonidas): “Opposite the temple is a monument by Theopompus son of Nicander, and it is of… Read more
IX. Athenian Monuments of the Persian Wars in General 43. Athenian portico at Delphi with dedicatory offerings. Syll.3 29; Herodotus 9.121; Pausanias 10.11.6. Portico: Amandry 1952. Inscription on the stylobate. Syll.3 29; SEG 13.312. Haussoulier 1881: 7-19; Roehl1882: 169,3a; Koldewey 1884; Wilamowitz 1893: 287-288; Koehler 1891; Hitzig and Blümner 1896,3: 700-701; Homolle 1896: 615-616; Pomtow… Read more
