Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars: Antiquity to the Third Millennium
By Emma Bridges, Edith Hall, and P. J. Rhodes
Abstract: This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the purpose of the book, which is to throw the maximum possible fresh light on both the consistency of certain themes within the reception of the actual battles of the Persian Wars and the diversity of the ways in which they have been treated. It outlines the actual events that led to the Persian Wars. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.
“Introduction” in Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars: Antiquity to the Third Millennium, edited by Emma Bridges, Edith Hall, and P. J. Rhodes. Oxford University Press, 2007.
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