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1.1 challenge of the Persian empire
Thermopylae and artemisium
Aftermath of Thermopylae and artemisium
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Themistocles interpretation of the oracle
-wooden walls referred to
ships
-words
divine
salamis
meant the
enemy
would be
destroyed
at salamis
How did
Athens
manage to be evacuated
Themistocles
had six days to do this so he distributed
money
to
generals
to pay each man enough
money
for
food
for a
month
Why was athens evacuated after the battle of
Thermopylae
Agreed to before
artemisium
but put into effect when they realised the
peloponnesian
army had no intention of meeting the army in
boetia
Which Greek states submitted after Thermopylae
Boetia
,
plataeans
and
thespians
fled to the peloponnese and had their cities burnt
Persian and Greek losses at Thermopylae
-Greeks lost around
400
-Persians lost
20,000
(probably
exaggerated)