Chapter 2

THE COMING OF THE PERSIAN

XV. THE LOTUS-EATING AT SARDIS 165 XVI. THE COMING OF XERXES THE GOD-KING 174 XVII. THE CHARMING BY ROXANA 186 XVIII. DEMOCRATES’S TROUBLES RETURN 197 XIX. THE COMMANDMENT OF XERXES 209 XX. THERMOPYLÆ 219 XXI. THE THREE HUNDRED—AND ONE 230 XXII. MARDONIUS GIVES A PROMISE 243 XXIII. THE DARKEST HOUR 253 XXIV. THE EVACUATION OF ATHENS 264 XXV. THE ACROPOLIS FLAMES 268 XXVI. THEMISTOCLES IS THINKING 279 XXVII. THE CRAFT OF ODYSSEUS 287 XXVIII. BEFORE THE DEATH GRAPPLE 300 XXIX. SALAMIS 311 XXX. THEMISTOCLES GIVES A PROMISE 329