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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 03

Note 26 — Chapter XIX · THERMOPYLÆ

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Beneath is the number of Greeks who appeared on this occasion, according to the different representations of Herodotus, Pausanias, and Diodorus Siculus:

Herodotus. Pausanias. Diodorus.

Spartans 300 300 300

Tegeatæ 500 500 Lacedæmonians 700

Mantineans 500 500 The other nations of the Peloponnesus 3,000

Orchomenians 120 120

Arcadians 1,000 1,000

Corinthians 400 400

Phliasians 200 200

Mycenæans 80 80

Totals 3,100 3,100 4,000

The above came from the Peloponnesus; those who came from the other parts of Greece were, according to the authors above mentioned:

Thespians 700 700 Milesians 1,000

Thebans 400 400 400

Phocians 1,000 1,000 1,000

Opuntian Locrians 6,000 7,400

Totals 5,200 11,200 7,400c

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