Essays Tagged: "Aristagoras"
Ionian Revolt
om scholars both for and against the historical accuracy of that particular passage. The account of Aristagoras, the tyrant of Miletus, turned rebel leader, is yet another of such debated anecdotes.On ... elf must have been conscious of it' (Evans 1976, 25).There are however some elements of the life of Aristagoras that are generally agreed upon as being historically accurate. These include the fact th ...
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Greece: The Greek World 500-400BC The Ionian Revolt
eves the direct cause of the revolt as simply the ambitions and intrigues of the tyrant of Miletus (Aristagoras) and his father-in-law (Histiaeus)Herodotus does not take into account the widespread di ... ghout the Greek cities of Asia Minor which had existed from 545BC when they became subject to PersiaAristagoras of Miletus could not have stirred up a rebellion of disunited Greek communities if they ...
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The Ionian Revolt As Told By Herodotus
age. One of the most debated passages is Herodotus' telling of the Ionian Revolt and his account of Aristagoras, the tyrant of Miletus turned rebel leader. In fact one of the few premises that are agr ... pects and aspects.One of the most highly debated stories is Herodotus' account of the Ionian leader Aristagoras. There are however some elements of the life of Aristagoras that are generally agreed up ...
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Discuss and analyse the causes of the 5th Century conflicts between Greece and Persia.
anded a similararrangement. A very important figure in the Ionian Revolt was a Persian tyrant calledAristagoras. Aristagoras was the holding tyrant of Miletus, near the coast of AsiaMinor in the late ... the IonianRevolt began when a group of rich men who had been expelled from the island ofNaxos asked Aristagoras for help in restoring them to their former positions(1).Aristagoras agreed to help them ...
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