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Xerxes I
Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great) , d. 465 BC, king of ancient Persia (486-465 BC). His name in Old Persian is Khshayarsha, in the Bible Ahasuerus . He was the son of Darius I and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great. After bringing (484 BC.) Egypt once more under Persian rule, Xerxes prepared for an in... Read more
Persian Wars
Persian Wars 500 BC-449 BC, series of conflicts fought between Greek states and the Persian Empire. The writings of Herodotus , who was born c.484 BC, are the great source of knowledge of the history of the wars. At their beginning the Persian Empire of Darius I included all of W Asia as well as E... Read more

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Mardonius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mardonius , d. 479 BC, Persian general; son-in-law of Darius I...returned (480 BC) to Persia after his defeat at Salamis and left Mardonius in command in Greece. Mardonius was defeated and killed at Plataea.
Xerxes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...loved to picture but to protect his communications — leaving his general Mardonius with a still large force to complete the conquest. In 479 B.C. Mardonius was defeated and killed at Plataea, and the Persian army disintegrated. Greece...
Persian Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...his vast empire. In 492 a Persian expedition commanded by Mardonius conquered Thrace and Macedon, but its fleet was crippled...Persia but left a military force in Greece under his general, Mardonius. The defeat of this army in 479 at Plataea near Thebes...
Xerxes I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...then occupied and pillaged Athens. In the same year his fleet was destroyed at Salamis. Leaving an army under his general, Mardonius, he retired into Asia. He was slain by the captain of his bodyguard and was succeeded by his son Artaxerxes I . Bibliography...
survival at sea
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...beginning of recorded history. Around 450 bc, Herodotus described the ill-fated seaborne expedition by the Persian General Mardonius; he wrote: ‘those who could not swim perished from that cause, others from the cold.’ Thus, Herodotus...

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Greek-Persian wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...which caused the Persian king XERXES to withdraw to Asia. Mardonius, his second-in-command, remained to continue the campaign...lite Immortals (the Persian royal bodyguards) and killed Mardonius. Meanwhile a Greek fleet was winning another great victory...
Xerxes I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...expedition against Greece, but after watching his fleet being defeated at SALAMIS in 480 BC, he withdrew, leaving behind Mardonius under whose command the army was defeated at Plataea in 479. The subsequent activities of the DELIAN LEAGUE deprived him...
Plataea
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...late to take part in the battle. In 479 Plataea was the site of the crucial land battle of the GREEK-PERSIAN WARS , when Mardonius was defeated. Its citizens were given refuge by Athens in 431 following a Theban attack, and a prolonged siege (429...

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In league against Persia.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...to retreat, Xerxes left his son-in-law Mardonius in charge of regrouping. Mardonius knew that to ensure his success, he had to...to be the rightful leaders of the league. Mardonius also knew that the Athenians had often threatened...
A son's revenge.(Play)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...king of Persia from 485-645 B.C. MARDONIUS, leading Persian commander ARTABANUS...what they did to Persia and my father. Mardonius, you are my greatest general. What is your opinion? MARDONIUS: I am with you, Sire. The Greeks are...
Scientists claim proof of Canal of Xerxes
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/31/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...The canal was critical to Xerxes' plan of invading Greece, a goal that his general, Mardonius, had unsuccessfully attempted 12 years earlier. Mardonius' fleet was destroyed in a storm while sailing around the tip of the peninsula, and Xerxes...
The West's first stand: Marathon: at the dawn of what was to become Western Civilization, the Athenians won an amazing victory over the Persians at Marathon.
Magazine article from: The New American; 4/2/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...later, to invade Attic Greece from the north, Darius dispatched his most trusted general, his son-in-law Mardonius, to cross from Asia Minor into Thrace and subdue the rest of the Greek states. Mardonius' army had little difficulty
Cliche's: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/28/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...STONE UNTURNED: This goes back to the wars between the Persians (led by general Mardonius) and the Thebians (led by general Polycrates) in 471 B.C. Mardonius was supposed to have hidden a great treasure under his tent, but when he was defeated...
The Tamer Tamed.(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Thadd McQuade (Tigranes), Sarah Fallon (Panthea), Miriam Donald (Spaconia), Jason Guy (Gobrias), David Loar (Mardonius), John Harrell (Bessus),James Keegan (Bacurius), Rene Thornton, Jr. (Lygones, Gentleman), Doreen Bechtol...
When the Greeks stood together
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 10/8/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...disasters for Xerxes at Salamis and, clinchingly, at Plataea where the red-cloaked Spartans masterminded the destruction of Mardonius' army. The Persians never came back for more, though they later funded Athens and especially Sparta to exhaust each other...
STORIES OF MODERN SCIENCE ...
News Wire article from: United Press International; 11/14/2001; 700+ words ; ...worthy of modern engineers: they dug a canal across the Greek peninsula. In 492 B.C., the fleet of the Persian general Mardonius was destroyed in a storm as it sailed around the peninsula. 12 years later, King Xerxes of Persia, eager to avoid a similar...
All Our Yesterdays.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/20/1999; ; 351 words ; ...where Crescendo is returned at 75-20 when beating Marshall Ki. July 20, 1989 Ibn Bey (Paul Cole) just gets the better of Mardonius in the Prix Maurice de Nieuil at Saint-Cloud, but Green Adventure (Guy Harwood) can do no better than fifth. The Queen...
For The Record: Asmussen champion on two continents.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 3/26/2001; 443 words ; ...Asmussen became the only jockey to win four European Group races in one day at Longchamp on October 7, 1989. His winners were Mardonius (Prix de Lutce), Creator (Prix Dollar), Jade Robbery (Grand Critrium) and Passionaria (Prix de Royallieu). When...