The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 1: The Ionian Revolt to the Battle of Marathon

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The wars between the Persians and the Greeks have become a cornerstone of the idea of "Western Civilization," a defining moment when Greeks became Greeks in opposition to the outside world. But this series of conflicts was far more complicated than a simple civilizational clash; it was born of a particular world, and to properly understand the Persian Wars, we need to grasp the background that made them possible.

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0:07.0	First light was just peeking over the line of hills behind the town.
0:19.9	It wasn't enough to dispel the blackness of the deep, moonless night or illuminate the
0:24.2	dark waters of the Aegean Sea.
0:26.8	And the thousands of people crowded inside and outside the town's makeshift ramparts
0:30.6	were too occupied to notice.
0:33.2	They had other things on their mind.
0:35.4	A half dozen fires burned inside the walls set by torches or lamps hurled by the Persian
0:40.4	attackers.
0:42.2	Shouts and cries at half a dozen languages competed for space on the wind, with the crackling
0:46.6	of the flames, the banging of the ram against the gate, and the arrows whizzing through
0:50.5	the air.
0:51.5	The gates gave way with a crash.
0:54.0	The Greek islanders met the invaders with spears and swords clutched in their hands.
0:58.6	Iron blades clanged off bronze shields and plunged into flesh with a sound like a butcher
1:03.1	hacking meat in the market.
1:05.6	Screams of pain rose in a chorus drowning out everything else, rising to a crescendo before
1:10.2	falling away.
1:11.9	It was over, almost as soon as it had begun.
1:15.1	The townspeople were no match for their attackers who plied their swords, axes and spears
1:19.3	with skilled born of dozens of such encounters.
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