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Monuments to Marathon. The campaign of 491 BC. The campaign of 490 BC. The fall of Eretria. Smashed statue of Athena, found in ruins of Temple of Apollo, Eretria. Phase 1. Phase 2. More likely. PHALANX. Miltiades. Darius the Great. Monument to Marathon, Athenian agora. Fragment 1:
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The fall of Eretria. Smashed statue of Athena, found in ruins of Temple of Apollo, Eretria.
Fragment 1: The valour of these men will shine as a light imperishable forever To whomsoever the gods may in future grant success in deeds of war, For they on foot and on swift-sailing ships Kept all Greece from seeing a day of slavery.
Fragment 2: These men had invincible courage in their hearts When battled before the gates against countless foes, Thwarting the army of the Persians who planned by might To burn their far-famed city by the sea.
Monument of Callimachus. Polemarch. Statue of Nike (Victory) or Iris (messenger of the gods) placed on top of an Ionic column, North-east of the Temple of Athena.
‘To Zeus the Athenians dedicate these spoils from the Medes'