CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sophocles, Mardonius, Hoplite

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

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Friday, february 5th, 2016 magna graecia (greeks in the west) and fifth century athens. [[ greek settlements on sicily flourished, athenians made great strides in literature, particularly on the stage** ]] --> we will look at one of sophocles" masterpieces. Dawn, day three ( remember, the first 2 days the greek phalanx was impenetrable, the greeks sustained virtually no losses while the persian army was falling, they could not penetrate the greek"s wall) Proves their undoing at thermopylae, greeks are weak with their individualism (the person tips the persian forces off, they surround thermopylae and the greeks) Options: they could all run but due to the open spaces they would all die. They could all stay but they would be destroyed. Theonidas says that he and about 300 spartans will remain and the rest will remain behind they were not alone, the entire army of thespus and 400 soldiers from.