Show WHEN GREEK MET MEDE THE MARVELOUS DEEDS OF ONE DAY AT MARATHON tile the men arn of atlene ln letl on oil toy liy put plot too 11 trust to and binl founded tile alio dory of grucce hiir nation sated fauro peaks lail by american preas rocla amwel tills hook flook I 1 wits lights atlo r eil A HAT II 11 ON lii Is placed lit it I 1 lie bend bead 1 of the great tie ile bisho battles of it 17 tile the world because becane V I 1 it i t sett settled I 1 ell t lie q I 1 its 11 za r tion cheth er J european I 1 ch I 1 to t ii should bould lie he dominated I 1 T balde liy ideas is and e I 1 ar a cu customs forced iu in ki 7 4 t front froin the ori orient elit ir C the seat beat 0 of clinnly pt 14 rooted despotism 10 1 I 1 and 0 plead 1 to 11 indolence or bo be t 1 tree free to develop I 1 aco front froin energetic seeds of gidek laid and I 1 onufri culture it nas there that loi greeks their lives lie es to ill purchase it a bictory choso whoso fruits lime hane blessed it bundled generations of european blood tile battlefield here ichim leonle flatt firby boned beneath the brunt 0 of hellas I 1 ai ord As ou on tho the morn to glory dear when marathon accino LL a cord IN aich Til cul ed to alio llio him c rs rB eo appear tho rainal abu host the ibo light tho the a career the 11 1 in ili alede his broken bow tho the hery fiery greek greck his tell icil pursuing an railing spear from marathon also dated ft a new departure in I 1 alio lie conduct of warfare since of course a a held field so be it in had anti its genius gelitis and its hero here for the ell ermili lula lion of men mho should roine come afterward aften vard this wasi Milt miltiades lades IL a ci lini of Atil athens ells who hall been in the llie service of anius t the lie mede and had liis his wits as it soldier of fortu fortune lie in III some oft alio lie conquy I 1 ell colo colonies aliett where lie ike was a satrap of tile kins king tile athenians forgave him knie ame sins and elected 1 leini I one of if tile lie ten tell generals of their army N w lien hen lio lie returned to them with it price upon his lierd bend tor an net of dirin treachery 0 o dimins the alio persian army set out in fit the year 13 0 to pit athens for bal ing assisted tonia in ill its rebellion bullion rc against asiatic usurpation find and tyranny and hn leavins i conquered ri tired the neigh neighboring Loring avi and I 1 ng razed its city as till nn example of f eliat bohat would mould befall athens they landed landed u on it tile the plain of ith over let intending to march upon ath ailiin At liin the tha athenians went out to meet incel then bliem to strong summoning Bum monin their neighbors to lend it a hand the spat tini tan promised iroini aed to do so s 0 but delit relit religious lons scruples detained d them and the Ilat anns ivans sent 1000 men to repay a similar sim ilir service rendered bottle boine cars before when the Athenian generals saw darius host before them arad beheba their own weak limiter a di dai i sion ion of opinion showed itself Itsel fat fit once tho the persi Ier situ in up to this date lind had proe praed I invincible contest waged against the greeks stud and the to i cry name of mede sent terror to the bouls of the babest son of the athenians how however land immense advantages in ili spite of alir weak blitt illiOnS stud aud file fic generali gmt of af ten voted for nu immediate battle the persians hall li id ili landed sided on it 11 low plain but slightly elevated 1 retail lie beach aftuk and the greeks were spona that tit the plain nearly from shoto to shore bhore at the extremities of tile tho height liei lit were marshes mar alies which nt at tile the season ta autumn dumn were isable for troops five of the generals n umed time that ns as tile the persians had conic come to fight they should br be lit al lowed to take tile the c rand and hatt butt their heads a the athenian spears that would a awill alit thera chenk et at every tur turn n besides since tile the spar taus were corning connof up to abil their fellows it would be hes best to action net until their anival lit lacast le on the other hand lite ne colleagues voted tor for on oil the persian earn miltiades headed this baity arid and fOl folliot lILt it his is opinion on in his knowledge of the Peri iiii troops T nhom hom lie deemon inferior to gi greeks beeks abea the latter were nere well handled hand lel atul and his belief in fit thu the uncertainty of lita lilium allin no li vitter liow how rose colored they might ill up pear twenty two miles incle 4 distant front from marathon and there safely hill hid ing hile better letter men were deroon oil tile war warpath karpath path arro of scheming men inen really ready to betray tile the state into the hands of Darlus fur for their oin on n ends an expelled of A athens flippins was na in the call camp I 1 P latti gating the warfare on oil his people I 1 in 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 ar I iia 1 P I 1 1 i I 1 1 7 r 0 J it 11 i I 1 N I 1 le 97 1 1 4 1 11 1 ai A C I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 J 4 1 I 1 q A t 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 PC af GREEK FIGHTING MEN the hope of being reinstated will as 1 satrap of the conqueror of course lie had tools at work in athens At liens and hence Miltha ides believed that vi what lint might be gai gained lied by delay in the field would be lost in ili giving time for plotters to gt get up till a lire fire in the rear the ten tea generals were evenly divided divide dand and in such emergencies the war ruler hall hail tile the deciding vote that office was filled fly by an all athenian noble s list anong grai gracely ely to the discussion of tile gen era ernak b miltiades Milt lades appealed to him with some bome what blunt but forcible eloquence to vote for tin an offensive policy it now rests with you lie he said either to enslave athens or by im assuring miring her freedom to win tor for yourself immortality of tame faille uch such us its not even land and aristo gaiton have acquired for never solace il nee the t lie athenians were a people were they lit in such danger Jan gerns as they aro are at this moment if they bow the knee to these modes des they are toile to be given up to anti and ion know what they then will have to suffer cornes comes victorious out of 0 this contest she has bos it in her to become the first city of greece your vote Is id to decide bluther wl we are to join battle or not it we do not bring on a battle presently some factions faCt iono intrigue will the athenians tin and I 1 the city will be tic betrayed betra trall jed ell to the modes I dea B ailt if e tight before there h la ant an tiling thing rotten in t alie lie edae of athens I 1 believe that id the gods will give fair play and no baior we arr are able to get the befit st of it in nn an engagement 11 ga wo won and the other aca mils OCT elected led Miltin drs ili f for fill tile ilic C cnn ann alu and acted I 1 1 adt r ba oi ar the Per int combile liik here ere iloni nothing except to urge large un oil I 1 to in link schelli cs of folli fomenting ent ing t I 1 car I 1 lei y li hind till tl backs of tle tile gieck soldiery sll nry upon hie in tion anti and armor annor of ili his soldiery laid upon their patriotic enthuse tho the situation nl nilion debande buld the of jib time was to advance lie aliola line tile of lint tic slowly and steadily in phalanx but t the lie held field of marathon MaTiL thein io ho hl bicad elul tot iw to call for in an extended line unit milt Alil tindes aides concentrated heavily on oil tile ilic wings till and weakened enk ened tile the center the formation of the ground favored ored his movements 5 of if preparation unobserved toy liy the lie enemy till 1111 til ill all was really then lie tauni trumpet pet sound rd ell hymns and exhortations chanted and spearman sp earmen rushed iowa thu the slope alope upon tile tile rapid ity of was also alio nn an innovation but the objections usually urged that hol dacri who go in fit on oil the run exhaust their wind before they get act into would WOTAN not apply to athenians who were ivere trained runners from youth pompey in ill lii I 1 time thue held to this objection but lit casar believed that running excited the soldiers ol dien couri cournage age and e L force to their blows the persian army i ai of many mong mondrel rel hordes nevertheless it bad n a sub discipline I nien men under able lenders leaders the rush ot if the athenians athenian took all by surprise and the in agull Is who acted as mounted men did not leaie time boget to get the greeks were heavily equipped bd be beering iring tring ibeal ape iia ii a 51 helmets plate places ahmelda ah sibl lelda elds grea ereana es and short swords tho the persians hild no DO armor only wicker shields shield alth short lancer tin and ci meters for weapons ic apons the block of the first attack broke down the front lino line of persians but they aliey rallied anti anil set to work to retrieve individually arid and by weight of numbers timbers ra what they had lost in the mir air prise the best persian troops were in fit the center arid and t they hey succeeded in ill not only repulsing the greek center but in driving it back across the plain up 1 a I valley that tit di tided the mountainside mounta inide the greek ni in lal however had biad been successful and liol hul routed evereth everything opposed to bliem illis was the tuillio 19 point and the faith of miltiades in ti the ie organization of his sol diery was vas justified in nine cases out ont of a 1 l hundred dundr ell victorious soldiers arn rush ai ito wildly in pursuit and go too far such a mistake at marathon ili r a would hive have changed the history oft atthe lie world hut but tho the decks in both ilan hank hanks ks s aa N Z 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 V A I 1 I 1 tl N al R 11 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t kaj NI I 1 I 1 it ia A N I 1 il f 11 I 1 1116 1 I 1 I 1 J V 1 F A 11 WARRIORS OF KING DAM DAI I 1 maintained perfect coolness and when the work cutout cut out for them was done wheeled and united and miltiades placed himself fit at their head and led them upon the vie vie tobious per Peril lan iii clenter center the discomfited greek center am this rallied and renewed the fight the die compact formation was the one tor for the new emergency and greek discipline enabled to vary his tactics in the beat lic at of 0 action the solid ranks of tile tho united columns of the greeks and their hemy armor and superior equipment for fighting tit at close quarters defeated cery efard ell of the and finally the whole host bot wis was in a 1 rout arid and at this time the proper moment the spirit of carnage this that had como upon ca the he greeks by rea sailo of f their successful blows wits was giden full play and t hey purs pursued tied I 1 the lie shuttered shattered musses mases t to the waters edge indent them down in ili tile the ships drawn upon the beach for tion vany ships were boarded and fired and the who ito had the temerity to offer iesh tanco were drowned or slaughtered tile The greek lo loss los s was mainly sustained on Calli callimachos machus fell therea there aud liall also one of tile the ten generals seven persian gil galleys leys were nere burned and tile the rt rest quickly pushed off on hearing bearing away a vast army so fir far us ili numbers went despite the eno enormous rinow lo 10 loss in fit battle but work was not net ended athens was its still exposed to tren treachery cheav and to tile craft cruft of dal itis table alile general Beneral dati hippies Hippi is had been killed in ili tile tho battle bi ittle but hi his emissaries might unwittingly betray the scantily garrisoned city to the llie Peril persians Lub to dobo wanli halt the At hemin aminy wits was lit at it a distance the hero of marathon did not sit docu on oil his laurels but left a guard over tin the fabulous spoils of the held field find and before daylight on oil the morning after the battle his weary soldiers on oa the heights above the city vo here to the amazement of tile the persian leader they lay in ill full view of his fleet as it e entered the harbor of athens after LL a rap rapid d nights nig lits sail the victory was complete the persians withdrew and the moral effect was such that grecian courage never quailed aud ami never 3 fielded before the monitor hordes of the orient the persian dead on the field were over six ix thousand arid and great numbers were drowned in the sea or burned in the abi ships p tile tho athenian Athe dead numbering only IW ill were exceptionally honored by interment upon the battlefield where a mound was wa it raised over their bones and ten columns were erected to commemorate the fallen of tile the ten tribes which took part in tile the battle the spartan re ts to tile the num number berof of made it a forced in march a ach of miles lit in three dais but were too late to blikre lit in the glory the of miltiades at marathon have been i baudy for military men ever since had h he e adhered to grecian custom anti and spread his b men in ill it a uniform line they would not have been liable ble to strike it a telling blow at any given point and could have been broken nith i ease ase had be sent them lit in fit att it blow pact the Por hans slana would have had time to for form ill a ad offer blout resist resistance aileo the formation in hi heavy is u ings ing and a weak center wits was better center and light wings because the center cente reven even though successful could have burn im ti flanked by the P persian lr with their ample forces and the favorable open ground on either tide bide yet ye tor for all i it wits was tile the ss of the greek in stopping the pursuit lit at tit proper time and in forming reforming re to argall t tin he persian center that carried the tha day TIB thou persian cavalry believed t to 0 I 1 have e betea strong cems beenie i not to have put in a blow although the as selected the plains of marathon us as it a spot elip ecial I 1 adapt leil tor for this arm of service of j the greeks had none GEORGE L i |