![]() ![]() Why - and how - did Xerxes punish the Hellespont and his original bridge makers? What does Herodotus think of these actions? (7.33-36)ĥ. Why did Xerxes order a canal to cut the isthmus of Athos? Why does Herodotus think he did it? (7.22-24)Ĥ. What is Herodotus’ opinion of the relative size of Xerxes’ army sent against Greece? To what does he compare it in size? (7.20-21)ģ. Why did Artabanus sleep in Xerxes’ bed, in Xerxes’ pyjamas? What was the result? (7.15-18)Ģ. What are Artabanus’ two main arguments against Xerxes’ plan to invade Greece? (7.5-10)ġ. Marvel Comics The Grandeur that was Greece.īOOK 7: The Persian King Xerxes with his mighty army bridges the Hellespont and invades Greece, killing the Spartans arrayed against him at Thermopylae.Ġ. Larry Gonick’s Cartoon History of the Universe. Note: in Book 8, read at least to section 125 (p. Note: in Book 7, you may skip sections 153-174, pp. ![]() STUDY QUESTIONS Herodotus books 7, 8, and 9. ![]()
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