Scott cho

First Persian War – Battle of Marathon

Second Persian War – Battle of Thermopylae

Greek wins first battle

Persian wins second battle

Defeat by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon

Wants to conquer mainland of Greece

Control of all Asia

Revenge of Darius, King Xerxes’ father

O ye men who dwell in the streets of broad Lacedaemon!

Either you glorious town shall be sacked by the children of Perseus,

Or, in exchange, must all through the whole Laconian country

Mourn for the loss of a king, descendant of great Heracles.

Greek PersianTotal of 6400 Total of 2,700,000

Only 300 of Spartans fights at Thermopylae

All of them die because of Greek traitor named Ephialtes

To give other Greek army to retreat into southern Greece