15. Study Questions Copy

1. What was the rationale for Persian incursion into mainland Greece?

According to Herodotus, the instigator was Aristagoras, tyrant of Miletus, who was trying to cover himself after a failed annexation of the island of Naxos.

2. What happened to the Persian fleet in 492 BC?

Shipwrecked off Mount Athos in the northern Aegean.

3. Which Greek states succumbed to Persia at this point?

The island of Thasos, and Macedon.

4. The following year, how did mainland Greek states react to Persian requests to submit to them?

Most of the mainland states and all the islands did. Athens and Sparta both forcefully refused.

5. What were the symbols of submission?

Earth and water.

15. Study Questions Copy

15. Study Questions Copy

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