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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: V. Panhellenic Monuments of Plataea

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

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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: VI. Spartan Monuments of the Persian Wars in General

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

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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: VII. Spartan monuments of Thermopylae

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

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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: VIII. Spartan Monuments of Salamis and of Plataea

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

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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: IX. Athenian Monuments of the Persian Wars in General

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

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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: X. Athenian monuments of Artemisium

X. Athenian monuments of Artemisium 50. Trophy, circle of marble stelae with epigram, set up in the precinct of Artemis Proseoa at Artemisium. Plutarch, Themistokles 8.4-6; De Herodoti malignitate 34. Plutarch, Themistocles 8.4-6: “Artemisium has a small temple of Artemis named Proseoa, and trees grow around it and there are stelae of white stone set in a circle. The stone has… Read more

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William Custis West, III, Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars: XIII. Corinthian Monuments

XIII. Corinthian Monuments 63. Epigram for the aid of Aphrodite in the Persian Wars in general. Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate 39; Athenaeus 13.573c. Bergk, Poetae Lyricae Graecae, 4th ed., Simonides 137; Hauvette 1894: 8; Hiller 1926: 29; Diehl, Simonides 104. Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate 39 (Plutarch has just related the story that when Xerxes invaded Greece, Corinthian courtesans… Read more