07-26-2006, 12:32 PM
To Xerxes, "not even a battle"? Then are we to just throw away the claims that he reportedly jumped from his throne in ashtonishment and anger thrice during the fight as sheer myth?
Xerxes was more than likely expecting to just run right through the Greeks in one day. It took three times that amount, and could have been much longer if it weren't for some rather dodgey soldier positioning by the Greek leader and Ephialtes revealing the goat pass.
Xerxes was more than likely expecting to just run right through the Greeks in one day. It took three times that amount, and could have been much longer if it weren't for some rather dodgey soldier positioning by the Greek leader and Ephialtes revealing the goat pass.
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