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Beyond the gates of fire : new perspectives on the Battle of Thermopylae / edited by Christopher A. Matthew and Matthew Trundle.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
- Greece--History--Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C--Campaigns.
- Greece.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 228 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Towards the Hot Gates: The Events leading to the Battle of Thermopylae 1
- Chapter 2 Thermopylae 27
- Chapter 3 The Topography of the Pass at Thermopylae Circa 480 BC 39
- Chapter 4 Was the Greek Defence of Thermopylae in 480 BC a Suicide Mission? 60
- Chapter 5 Remembering Thermopylae and the Persian Wars in Antiquity 100
- Chapter 6 Herodotus' Homer: Troy, Thermopylae, and the Dorians 117
- Chapter 7 Other Battles of Thermopylae 138
- Chapter 8 The Glorious Defeat 150.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-223) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781848847910
- 1848847912
- OCLC:
- 820782043
- Publisher Number:
- 99954188729
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