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
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
XI. Athenian Monuments of Salamis 52. Trophy on Salamis. Pausanias 1.36.1; Plutarch, Aristides 16.5. Hitzig and Blümner 1896,1: 346; Perrin 1901: 297; Rouse 1902: 99; Frazer 1913,2: 483-484; Limentani 1964: 44. Plutarch, Aristides 16.5 (The Athenians, before Plataea, mention to the Spartans their past exploits; cf. no. 4): “, , . the contest is not for land… Read more
XII. Athenian Monuments of Plataea 57. Trophy on the battlefield. Plutarch, Aristides 20.3. Perrin 1901: 315; Mitsos 1940: 51, n.2. Plutarch, Aristides 20.3: “. . . the Lacedaemonians set up a trophy in private, and the Athenians also, apart from them.” Plutarch’s notice of two trophies for the battle of Plataea apparently contradictss… Read more
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
