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Thinking Like a Persian King: Professor John Hyland on the Persian Perspective of the Greco-Persian Wars

Tides of History

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Examining Herodotus's Account and the Persian Perspective

Analyzing the contradictions in Herodotus's narrative of the Ionian revolt and exploring his potential absorption of pro-Empire ideology, this chapter discusses the devastation brought by the Persians to Ionia and the Ionians' differing perspectives on Persian rule.

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