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| Who were Pisistratus sons? | Hippias and Hipparchus
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| How did Hipparchus die? | He was killed by his enemies
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| What happened to Hippias? | The Athenians banded together and drove him out of the city
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| What did Hippias do after being driven out of Athens? | He went to Asia and begged Darius to help him regain his power
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| Who was Darius? | The king of Persia
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| What was Darius called? | The Great King or simply "the King"
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| What were Persian heralds sent to Greece for? | To demand from each a tribute of earth and water
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| What did the Greek states that refused do to the heralds? | The Spartans threw the heralds into a well and told them, "There you will find both earth and water for your master."
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| What did Darius do when he heard of what happened to the heralds? | Declared war.
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| How many men did Darius send to fight the Greeks? | 150,000 - one hundred and fifty thousand men
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| How many men did the Athens of Greece have? | 10,000
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| Who was the ablest of the Greek generals? | Miltiades
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| What did Miltiades do to fight the Persian army? | He charged upon the Persian army, broke their lines and drove them back to their ships in confusion.
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| How was news of the victory carried to Athens? | By a wounded soldier who ran the 22 miles back to Athens crying, "Rejoice, rejoice! We are the victors?
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| What happened to the soldier that carried the news of the Athenian victory? | He fell dead.
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| How did the loyal Athenians feel about the victory? | They were delighted
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| How did the traitors in Athens feel about the victory? | They were hoping to hear of a Persian victory.
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| What did the traitors of Athens do to try to help the Persians? | They had gone to a mountain near Athens and with a polished shield had flashed a signal to the Persian fleet telling them to said to Athens and capture Athens before Miltiades returned from Marathon.
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| Did the traitors succeed? | No. Miltiades saw the signal and rushed back to Athens. When the Persians saw Miltiades' army, they sailed back to the Aegean Sea.
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| Where did the Persian Army go after they lost the battle? | Back to the Darius, The Great King, own dominions.
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| What did the battle of Marathon show? | The Greeks were equal to any soldiers in the world. They had routed (defeated) an army of Persians 15 times as large as their own.
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| How many men did the Greeks lose? | 192
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| How did the Greeks think they won the war against the Persians? | Through the aid of their gods and their god-like hero, Theseus who was said to have fought in the thick of the battle and made terrible havoc among the Persians.
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| Who won great fame in Athens? | Miltiades
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| How many ships did Miltiades ask to be placed at his command? | 70
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| Was Miltiades request for ships granted? | Yes
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| What did Miltiades do when he got his ships? | Set said for the island of Paros.
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| Why did Miltiades go to Paros? | The people of Paros helped the Persians and Miltiades wanted to punish them and to avenge himself upon a personal enemy.
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| Was Miltiades successful in punishing Paros? | No. The siege was a complete failure. The town of Paros was not captured and Miltiades was forced to give up the siege and return to Athens
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| What happened to Miltiades in Paros? | His thigh was injured when he was leaping over a fence.
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| What was Miltiades accused of when he returned to Athens? | Deceiving the people and wasting the public money
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| What happened to Miltiades after he was accused? | He was brought before his judges on a couch, being too weak to stand.
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| What was the decision of the court with Miltiades? | It went against him and h was sentenced to pay a heavy fine.
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| What happened to Miltiades after the decision of the court. | He did not have enough money to pay the fine. He died of his injury not long afterwards.
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| How did the Athenians feel after Miltiades died? | They felt sorry that they had been so harsh.
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| What did the Athenians do after Miltiades died? | They buried him with highest honors on the plain where his greatest victory was.
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