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Stories of the Persian War

Public domain audiobook

Stories of the Persian War

by Herodotus

English· 06:19:30· 22 chapters
The Greco-Persian Wars, also called the Persian Wars, were a series of armed conflicts involving various Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire from 499 BC[i] to 449 BC. Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek-inhabited region of Ionia in 547 BC. The wars were continued by King Darius. - Summary by LynneT

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Of the Revolt of Miletus

    17:02
  2. Chapter 2

    Of the Taking of Miletus

    26:51
  3. Chapter 3

    Of the First War against Greece

    12:55
  4. Chapter 4

    Of the Battle of Marathon

    17:22
  5. Chapter 5

    Of the Sons of Alcmaeon and the End of the Miltiades

    18:14
  6. Chapter 6

    How Preparation was Made for the Second War against the Greeks

    21:46
  7. Chapter 7

    Of the Setting Forth of Xerxes

    12:20
  8. Chapter 8

    Of the March of Xerxes

    22:01
  9. Chapter 9

    How Xerxes Crossed Over into Europe, and of his Army

    15:41
  10. Chapter 10

    Of the March of Xerxes

    20:54
  11. Chapter 11

    Of the Preparations of the Greeks

    18:36
  12. Chapter 12

    Of the Army and the Ships of Xerxes, and of the First Fighting with the Greeks

    08:26
  13. Chapter 13

    Of the Battle of Thermopylae

    20:15
  14. Chapter 14

    Of the Battle of Thermopylae (Continued)

    16:45
  15. Chapter 15

    Of the Ships of the Greeks at Artemisium

    13:16
  16. Chapter 16

    Of the Departure of the Greeks from Artemisium and the Advance of Xerxes

    11:02
  17. Chapter 17

    Of the Greeks at Salamis and of the City of Athens

    18:54
  18. Chapter 18

    Of the Battle of Salamis

    16:15
  19. Chapter 19

    Of the Flight of Xerxes

    18:04
  20. Chapter 20

    Of the Preparing of the Persians and of the Greeks for War

    14:10
  21. Chapter 21

    Of the Battle of Plataea

    27:22
  22. Chapter 22

    Of the Battle at Mycale

    11:19