1-5 Histiaeus joins Ionian revolt; piracy at Byzantium
6-18 Ionian preparations and battle of Lade; Miletus falls
19-25 Previous oracle, Sybaris, Samians at Zancle, Samos spared
26-30 Histiaeus dies
31-33 Persians and Phoenicians subdue and punish the Ionians
34-140 Aftermath of Ionian revolt
34-41 Background: Miltiades and his nephew
Miltiades in the Chersonese; Miltiades the younger escapes to Athens
42 Ionian peace and tribute imposed
43-45 Mardonius imposes democracies in Ionia;
fleet wrecked on Athos and army destroyed by the Brygi
46-47 Darius demands earth and water from the
Greeks; the Aeginetans comply
50-93 Cleomenes the Spartan, Aegina, and
Athens
50 Cleomenes opposed
by Aegina and Demaratus at Sparta
51-60 Background;
Spartan kingship and description of customs
61-72 Story of
Demaratus, his deposition by Cleomenes, and the fate of his successor,
Leotychides
73-84 Later fate of
Cleomenes; history of his enmity with Argos
85-93 Enmity of
Athens and Aegina; Leotychides' speech
85-86 Aegina cannot get hostages back
87-93 Previous conflicts between Athens and Aegina
94-120 Preparation and Persian expedition to Marathon
94 Datis and Artaphernes replace Mardonius as
commanders
95-101 Persian capture of Eretrians on
Euboea
102 Persians go to Marathon
103-104 Background of Miltiades
105-106 Athenians send Pheidippides to Sparta;
vision of Pan
107 Hippias' dream
108 Why Plataea had become an ally of Athens
and came to help at Marathon
109-120 The battle and its aftermath; Spartans
view the battlefield
121-131 Defense of the Alcmaeonidae
121-124 The shield signal
125 Alcmaeon's visit to Croesus
126-131 Marriage of Megacles and Agariste,
daughter of Cleisthenes of Sicyon; their descendants
132-136 Miltiades' attempt at Paros and his death
137-140 Pendant: background of Lemnos and Athens; Miltiades' capture of
Lemnos
Book 7
1-19 Darius dies; Xerxes becomes king; deliberations in Persian about
war
1 Darius' plans for revenge
2-4 Demaratus' advice to Xerxes on
succession
5-19 Planning whether or not to attack Greece,
and a number of dreams
20-25 Preparations; construction of the Mt. Athos canal
26-131 Xerxes' march to Thessaly
26-32 Xerxes' march from Cappadocia to Sardis;
Pythius' offer
33-36 Artayctes; bridges across the
Hellespont
37-43 Sardis to Abydus; Pythius punished
44-56 Review of the fleet at Abydus;
conversation with Artabanus, passage of the Hellespont
57-104 From the Hellespont to Doriscus in
Thrace
57-59 Review of the
army and navy: 61-83 (infantry), 84-88 (cavalry), 89-99 (navy), 100
(review)
101-104 Conversation between Xerxes and
Demaratus
105-127 March to the confines of Greece
(Doriscus to Therma)
128-131 Xerxes' trip to Pieria; excursion to
Tempe
132-178 Preparations of the Greeks
132-137 Xerxes' demand for earth and water from
Greek states
138-144 Athens consults oracles and agonizes;
Themistocles and fleet
145-171 Greek league; spies to Xerxes;
positions taken by Argos, Sicily, Corcyra, Crete
172-174 Greeks attempt to defend Thessaly, but
leave
175-177 Greek occupation of Thermopylae and
Artemisium
178-238 Encounters in northern Greece, especially Thermopylae
178-195 Persian navy from Therma to Aphetae
near Artemisium; Persian naval losses in storm off Cape Sepias
196-200 Persian army from Therma to Malis
201-233 Battle of Thermopylae (Xerxes and
Demaratus: 209)
234-238 Xerxes' discussions of strategy; abuse
of Leonidas' corpse
239 Digression on Demaratus' earlier secret letter, announcing the
expedition
Book 8
1-26 Artemisium; encounters between the Greek and Persian fleets off
Euboea; more Persian losses at sea
27-39 Persians march through Boeotia and are repulsed from Delphi
40-125 Battle of Salamis
40-64 Greeks abandon Attica; the Greek fleet at
Salamis; Greek council of war; Persians in Attica
65-69 Persians at Phalerum and Artemisia's
advice
70-83 Greeks fortify the isthmus; Themistocles
forces Greeks to remain at Salamis
84-96 Battle at Salamis
97-125 Effects on Greek and Persian side,
including Themistocles' machinations and reception at Sparta, Xerxes'
decision to flee
126-129 Return of Artabazus to Mardonius; on the way he captures Olynthus
and besieges Potidaea
130-132 Greek and Persian fleets at Aegina and Samos next spring;
Leotychides and the Ionians
133-144 Mardonius and the Greek oracles; attempt to detach Athens from the
Greek alliance by Alexander the Macedonian
Book 9
1-11 Second occupation of Athens, second offer of alliance by Mardonius;
the Spartans finally march northwards
12-18 Mardonius goes from Athens to Thebes; events at Thebes in Persian
camp
19-24 Greeks march to Cithaeron; death of the Persian Masistius
25-89 Battle of Plataea
25-32 Greeks move forward; Greek and Persian
battle order
33-40 Sacrifices
41-49 Various maneuvers before battle
50-57 Greek council; Greeks reposition
themselves
58-75 Battle
76-85 Aftermath on Greek side; division of the
spoil
86-88 Punishment of Thebes
89 Return of Artabazus to Persia
90-107 Battle of Mycale
90-96 Ionian initiative, movement of Greek and
Persian fleets
97-101 Greek landing, rumor of Plataea
102-105 Battle
106-107 Greek and Persian aftermaths
108-113 Xerxes' desire for his brother's wife and daughter
114-121 Athenians at Abydus and Sestus in late 479
122 Retrospective good advice of Cyrus the Great to Artayctes' ancestor
and the other Persians