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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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How the West was won This retelling of the epic battles between the Greeks and the Persians sets Peter Jones's pulse racing
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...away before the sea-battle; and at Plataea, where there were months of wheeling and dealing involving the Persian general Mardonius before it came to battle and the final Persian defeat. In an enterprise of this sort, especially for an author as articulate...
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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...
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Who's who?(ACTIVITY)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2006; ; 455 words
; ...S -- -- -- 1. Philip, 2. Ahura Mazda, 3. Croesus, 4. Pericles, 5. Herodotus, 6. Leonidas, 7. Xenophon, 8. Xanthippus, 9. Themistocles, 10. Mardonius, 11. Xerxes, 12. Zoroaster.
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Legacy of the struggle: two Persian dignitaries, their images carved onto the side of the grand palace staircase at Persepolis, exchange a sign of friendship in the traditional manner.(FROM PAST TO PRESENT)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Greeks at Marathon. 485 Xerxes rules Persia, 485-465. 480 Xerxes loses to the Greeks at Thermopylae and Salamis. 479 Mardonius loses to the Greeks at Mycale and Plataea. 461 Pericles becomes the leading politician in Athens. 431 War erupts between...
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All Our Yesterdays.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/20/1999; ; 387 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...
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