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Thermopylae, xviii, 90,255. 262. 269-70.326, 367 map, 290; storm. 272-3
Thermopylae, battle of: attack by the Medes, 274-5, 367; storm over the Greek camp, 276; sea battle at Artemisium, 276—81; Xerxes in the royal tent, 282-8, 293; Elphialtes tells of the trail to Thermopylae, 288; Hydarnes leads the Immortals to the Greek camp, 289,291; Immortals attack the Phocians, 291; evacuation of the camp, 292—3; Greeks attacked and defeated by the Persian army, 293-4; evacuation of the Greek fleet, 294-5
Thespiae, 263, 292
Thessaly, 209, 248-9, 255,330,336,353 Thrace, 153,161,178, 330,360; Persian garrison, 362
Thracians, 211 Thucydides, 78 Tigris, 40,42 Timonassa, 119 Trachis, 263,284, 289 trade, 45
travel pass (viyataka), 173 tributes, 58, 61-2 triremes, 229, 235 Troezen, 297, 298 Trojan War, 261
Troy, 65, 103, 157, 261,262; visit of Xerxes, 241-2 Turkey, 183, 297, 363 tyrants, 114, 149-50, 151 Tyre, 229, 233, 234 Tyrrhastiades, 291
Ukraine, 151 universal order, 56, 60 Ur, 19, 43 Uruk, 19
Vahyazdata,51,52,53 visions and dreams, 8 viyataka, 173-4
West, 230,232; and East, 233; map, 231 whipping, 86—7
Xanthippus, 215, 216,301-2,357,362,365; admiral
of the fleet, 335 Xenophon,20
Xerxes, xv, xvi, xvii—xviii, xx—xxi, xxv; accession ceremonies, 207; and Ahura Mazda, 238, 361; army, 236, 237; bravery, 206; choice of Darius as heir, 206; cosmopolitan empire, 327; crossing the Hellespont, 212,213, 225, 242^1; and the eclipse, 240, 241; fleet, 229; food and cookery, 286^7; gardens and parks, 239, 312-13; hubris.
355-6; king by the will of Ahura Mazda, 208; 'King of Lands', 328; military power, 236-8; and Nemesis, 356; and the Phoenicians, 233—4; physical appearance, 206; and the plane tree, 239, 240; power over nature, 213; religion, 241; revolt in Babvlon, 361; roval luxury, 285—7; royal tent on the battlefield, 282, 283, 285; sculpture of subject people offering treasure, 211; seapower, 235; suppression of Egyptian rebellion, 207-8; transporting the army, 211—12; visit to Troy, 241—2, see also Xerxes, invasion of Greece Xerxes, invasion of Greece; Persian plans, 209-10; Persian preparations, 225—6, 233—5; warning to Sparta, 223—4; Greek preparations, 225-8, 244-59; Persian march to Europe, 240-4; Greeks march to Thessaly, 248-9; Greek defence: map, 256; Greek fleet waits at Euboea, 264-8, 271; Greeks wait at Thermopylae, 262-1, 268,269-73; first sea battle, 266; Persian army arrives at Thermopylae, 269—70; battle at Thermopylae, 274-6, 282-95; sea battle at Artemisium, 276-9; evacuation from Athens, 299-302; destruction of Athens, 303-6; advice and plans after the destruction of Athens, 307-13, 315; disagreements among leaders of the Greek fleet at Salamis, 309,310-11; Persian troops threaten to blackade the Greek fleet, 310—11; preparation to ambush the Greek fleet, 311-13; amnesty offered to Themistocles, 315; blockade of the Greek fleet at Salamis, 311-13,315-18; battle of Salamis, 320-5,396; council after the battle, 328; Mardonius proposes to 'complete the enslavement of the Greeks', 329—30; Xerxes leads his troops to Thessaly, 330; Mardonius proposes terms to Athens, 336-7; Second fall of Athens, 338; Sparta marches to fight Mardonius, 339; Mardonius waits for the Greek forces, 339-40; Greek forces march to meet Mardonius, 340-4; battle of Plataea, 344-9,352-3, 397; Pausanias finds Xerxes' tent, 354-5; battle of Mycale, 368; Xerxes leaves Sardis for Susa, 358
Yahweh, 147
Zagros, 1, 4-5, 274; Aryans, 375; Assyrians, 5; battle of Medes and Persians 550 BC, 10; Bisitun, 37; cattle, 5; climate, 12-13; horse-breeding, 5, 29; kingdom of Anshan, 9,12
Zeus, 92,94,251,355,369
ziggurats, 43
Zoroaster, 34, 35,36,149,377, 379-S0