69 Aeschylus, 584–90.
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70 Ibid., 1024.
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71 Xerxes, inscription at Persepolis (XPc).
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72 It is all too depressingly typical of the general murk of Near Eastern history in this period that the revolt has also been dated to 482 BC.
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73 Herodotus, 9.106.
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74 Plutarch, Themistocles, 29.
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75 Pindar, fragment 64.
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76 It is unlikely—although controversy over the matter is endless—that this peace was formalized by treaty: the Great King was not in the habit of signing treaties with foreigners.
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77 For this date, and indeed the authenticity of the whole story, see Stadter, pp. 201–4.
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78 Plutarch, Pericles, 17.
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79 Herodotus, 8.144.
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80 Ibid., 7.228.
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81 Thucydides, 2.41.
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82 Plato, Menexenus, 240e.
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83 Pausanias, 1.33.2.
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1 Palatine Anthology, 7.253.
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