Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION FOREWORD THE PERSIAN CAMPAIGN 490 BC IOTA. From Cilicia to the Aegean and Euboea IOTAIOTA. Marathon (HDT., VI.102-124) THE ROUTES THE FORCES TIMEFRAME IOTA. The year, month and day of the battle IOTAIOTA. The timing of the battle IOTAIOTAIOTA. The duration of the battle IOTAV. The voyage to Phaleron LOCATION IOTA. General overview IOTAIOTA. The demes of Marathon BEFORE THE BATTLE IOTA. The anchorage and the encampment of the Persians IOTAIOTA. The Athenian encampment IOTAIOTAIOTA. The battle positions of the opposing forces THE MONUMENTS THE BATTLE THE STRATEGY OF THE OPPONENTS, THE BATTLE LINES AND THE STAGES OF THE BATTLE AFTER THE BATTLE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF VICTORY, THE THREAT TO ATHENS AND THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD DEDICATIONS TO THE GODS THE TROPHY HONOURING THE MARATHONOMACHOMICRONI AND OTHER COMMEMORATIONS OF THE VICTORY THE REASONS FOR THE PERSIAN DEFEAT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VICTORY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VICTORY ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX IOTA. SOURCES IOTAIOTA. PEOPLE, PLACES AND TERMS

About the Author

CHRISTOS DIONYSOPOULOS Classicist, Historian, Archaeologist. Born in Athens, he studied Classical Philology, History and Archaeology at the University of Athens, Egyptology at the University of Cairo, and Epigraphy, Papyrology and Numismatics at the University of Liege. He has worked as an archaeologist on excavations, as a teacher and head teacher at secondary schools in Greece and abroad, was a research associate of the Academy of Athens and Education Advisor for the Humanities. He also contributed to the effort to prevent the construction of a rowing lake in the battleground of Marathon.

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The Academy of Athens has awarded a prize for this study, judging it 'to constitute the fullest, most comprehensive and most scholarly approach to the Battle of Marathon and that the author, with his talent for analysis and synthesis, has contributed an archaeological and historical monograph of great significance for the subject of the battle which will underpin scholarship for many years to come' (Academy of Athens Award, December 2014).