Leonidas and the kings of Sparta : mightiest warriors, fairest kingdom / by Bradford, Alfred S.

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After Thermopylae : the oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars / by Cartledge, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: arms and the men -- The Oath of Plataea: texts and contexts -- The Plataea Oath as a document of ancient Greek religion -- The Persian Wars: making history on oath with Herodotus -- The face of the Battle of Plataea -- The Greeks invent the Persian Wars: the mythology and commemoration of Plataea -- Conclusion: the legacy of Plataea.…”
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A guide to reading Herodotus' histories / by Sheehan, Sean, 1951-

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Leonidas and the kings of Sparta : mightiest warriors, fairest kingdom / by Bradford, Alfred S.

Table of Contents: “…The "Greeks" -- Defeat and victory -- The Battle of Plataea -- The treason of Pausanias -- The Athenian wars. …”

Herodotus: The Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Books : With Introduction, Text, Apparatus, Commentary, Appendices, Indices, Maps. by Herodotus

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Reading Herodotus : A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History / by Hamel, Debra

Table of Contents: “…How to destroy a mighty empire: the story of Croesus of Lydia -- Cannibals and conquests: the story of Cyrus the Great -- Horny goats and medicinal urine: the Egyptian logos -- Madness and mummies: the reign of Cambyses -- Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Mediterranean: the stories of Polycrates and Periander -- Earless imposters and randy mounts: the early reign of Darius the Great -- The trouble with nomads: Darius' Scythian campaign -- Stuttering colonists and lousy deaths: the Libyan logos -- Tattooed slaves and ousted tyrants: post-Pisistratid Athens and the Ionian revolt -- Miltiades, madness, and Marathon: the first Persian War -- Feats of engineering and doomed valor: the Second Persian War to the Battle of Thermopylae -- Trial by trireme: the Battles at Artemisium and Salamis -- Concluding scenes: the Battles of Plataea and Mycale and the siege of Sestus…”
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Greek warfare : from the Battle of Marathon to the conquests of Alexander the Great /

Table of Contents: “…Battle of Aegospotami -- Agesilaus II -- Agis III -- Alcibiades -- Alexander the Great -- Amphipolis -- Anabasis -- Antipater -- Battles of Artemisium -- Artillery -- Athens -- Bactria -- Brasidas -- Greek Cavalry -- Persian Cavalry -- Battle of Chaeronea -- Cimon -- Cleon -- Conon of Athens -- Corinth -- League of Corinth -- Corinthian War -- Darius I -- Darius III -- Delian League -- Battle of Delium -- Dionysius I -- Epameinondas -- Battle of Eurymedon River -- Battle of Gaugamela -- Siege of Gaza -- Battle of Granicus River -- Causes of Greco-Persian wars -- Consequences of Greco-Persian wars -- Greco-Persian wars, overview -- Hellenic Alliance -- Herodotus -- Battle of the Hydaspes -- Ionian revolt -- Iphicrates -- Battle of Issus -- Jason of Pherae -- King's peace -- Battle of Leuctra -- Long walls -- Lysander -- Macedon -- Battles of Mantinea -- Battle of Marathon -- Mardonius -- Mercenaries -- Miltiades the Younger -- Mutiny -- Battle of Mycale -- Nicias -- Pilopidas -- Peloponnesian League -- Causes of Peloponnesian war -- Consequences of Peloponnesian war -- Peloponnesian war, overview -- Peltasts -- Penteconter -- Pericles -- Persian empire -- Hoplite Phalanx -- Macedonian Phalanx -- Philip II of Macedon -- Piraeus -- Battle of Plataea -- Sacred wars.…”
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The landmark Herodotus : the histories / by Herodotus

Table of Contents: “…Naval battles off Artemision -- Battle of Salamis -- Book nine. Battle of Plataea -- Battle of Mycale -- Appendix A: The Athenian government in Herodotus / Peter Krentz -- Appendix B: The Spartan state in war and peaace / Paul Cartledge -- Appendix C: The account of Egypt: Herodotus right and wrong / Alan B. …”

Great battles of the classical Greek world / by Rees, Owen

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 11 The Siege of Plataea (429-427 BC)Chapter 12 The Sieges of Pylos and Sphacteria (425 BC); Chapter 13 The Siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC); Chapter 14 The Siege of the Drilae (400 BC); Part IV: Greco-Persian Conflicts; Chapter 15 The Battle of Marathon (490 BC); Chapter 16 The Battle of Plataea 479 BC; Chapter 17 The Battle of Cunaxa (401 BC); Part V: Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Xerxes : a Persian life / by Stoneman, Richard

Table of Contents: “…MARDONIUS' CAMPAIGNTHE BATTLE OF PLATAEA; REACTIONS IN PERSIA AND GREECE; chapter seven Persepolis; PERSEPOLIS AND ITS GHOSTS; XERXES' GRAND DESIGN; THE BUILDINGS; THE PRIVATE BUILDINGS; THE ART OF PERSEPOLIS; THE PURPOSE OF PERSEPOLIS; chapter eight Family Romances; CHASING LOLITA IN SUSA; WOMEN AT THE PERSIAN COURT: QUEENS AND NOBLES; THE HAREM; THE BOOK OF ESTHER: IS IT HISTORY?…”
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Brill's companion to the reception of Herodotus in antiquity and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…History without Malice: Plutarch Rewrites the Battle of Plataea / John Marincola -- 6. Herodotus in Renaissance France / Benjamin Earley -- 7. …”
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