11-30-2003, 09:42 AM
i don't think hellens which was supporting the persian king can be related as traitors, since there was not a greek state. there was however a greek nation, but it was composed of different states, maybe it will be more appropriate to call it a civilization rather then a nation, and like for example western civilization is composed of different states of lets say western europe. so an englishman who was coleberating with the germans during wwII would be considered a traitor in england like tn athenian collaborating with spartan during the peloponnesian wars, but in a case of current US occupation of iraq most of the west european states avoided direct combat and even opposed the invasion and no one calls the traitors, therefor hellens who collaborated with Xerxes shoudn't't be considered traitors <p></p><i></i>
