Stories of the Persian warsFront matterAlfred John Church translationChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · OF THE REVOLT OF MILETUS.Chapter II · OF THE TAKING OF MILETUS.Chapter III · OF THE FIRST WAR AGAINST GREECE.Chapter IV · OF THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.Chapter V · OF THE SONS OF ALCMÆON AND THE END OF MILTIADES.Chapter VI · HOW PREPARATION WAS MADE FOR THE SECOND WAR AGAINST THE GREEKS.Chapter VII · OF THE SETTING FORTH OF XERXES.Chapter VIII · OF THE MARCH OF XERXES.Chapter IX · HOW XERXES CROSSED OVER INTO EUROPE, AND OF HIS ARMY.Chapter X · OF THE MARCH OF XERXES.Chapter XI · OF THE PREPARATIONS OF THE GREEKS.Chapter XII · OF THE ARMY AND THE SHIPS OF XERXES, AND OF THE FIRST FIGHTING WITH THE GREEKS.Chapter XIII · OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.Chapter XIV · OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.—(Continued.)Chapter XV · OF THE SHIPS OF THE GREEKS AT ARTEMISIUM.Chapter XVI · OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE GREEKS FROM ARTEMISIUM AND OF THE ADVANCE OF XERXES.Chapter XVII · OF THE GREEKS AT SALAMIS AND OF THE CITY OF ATHENS.Chapter XVIII · OF THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS.Chapter XIX · OF THE FLIGHT OF XERXES.Chapter XX · OF THE PREPARING OF THE PERSIANS AND OF THE GREEKS FOR THE WAR.Chapter XXI · OF THE BATTLE OF PLATÆA.Chapter XXII · OF THE BATTLE AT MYCALE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · OF THE REVOLT OF MILETUS.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122CHURCH◇H. M. CALDWELL CO., PUBLISHERS◇NEW YORK AND BOSTON◇CHAPTER I. OF THE REVOLT OF MILETUS. →