CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Delian League, Odysseus, Helots

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

The irst 2 days, the greeks phalanx were impenetrable. The greeks were always weak by their individualism, and this became their undoing. They could not truly unite and overcome their diferences. Someone betrays them, and leonidas chooses to send most of the army to safety to ight later, and for. 300 men to stay behind and ight unil their death. Prof thinks that leoidas" decision to sacriice 300 men for the beterment of 7000 was inspired by odysseus and his decision of sailing between a whirlpool thing and a hydra. So 300 spartans, 700 thespians and 400 thebans would hold of as many as possible to let the main force get back to greece. Persian spys reported back to xerxes reported back that the spartans were having a great ime, laughing, conversing, and braiding hair. Leonidas to eat their breakfast like kings because they wont be alive by lunch ime.