Dr. Roel Konijnendijk

And exhaust the Greeks while they're doing so.

It's also a literary trope, isn't it? Because, you know, way, way back in the siege of Sardis, for instance, you know, Sardis and the Acropolis there is impenetrable. And then suddenly, you know, some soldier drops a helmet down a path one day and then, ah, bingo, we can get into Sardis now. So there's also that going on.

It's also a literary trope, isn't it? Because, you know, way, way back in the siege of Sardis, for instance, you know, Sardis and the Acropolis there is impenetrable. And then suddenly, you know, some soldier drops a helmet down a path one day and then, ah, bingo, we can get into Sardis now. So there's also that going on.

It's also a literary trope, isn't it? Because, you know, way, way back in the siege of Sardis, for instance, you know, Sardis and the Acropolis there is impenetrable. And then suddenly, you know, some soldier drops a helmet down a path one day and then, ah, bingo, we can get into Sardis now. So there's also that going on.

But I think I'm in agreement that probably the Persians knew about this a long time in advance.

But I think I'm in agreement that probably the Persians knew about this a long time in advance.

But I think I'm in agreement that probably the Persians knew about this a long time in advance.

It's quite remarkable that his death serves both his legend, but also I think for Xerxes at the time, it would have been mission accomplished as well, because for Xerxes, the killing of a rebel king one of these followers of Drauga, was absolutely what he needed.

It's quite remarkable that his death serves both his legend, but also I think for Xerxes at the time, it would have been mission accomplished as well, because for Xerxes, the killing of a rebel king one of these followers of Drauga, was absolutely what he needed.

It's quite remarkable that his death serves both his legend, but also I think for Xerxes at the time, it would have been mission accomplished as well, because for Xerxes, the killing of a rebel king one of these followers of Drauga, was absolutely what he needed.

And it's sad that we don't have any written record of the Persian version of this, but I've no doubt that the propaganda would have traveled far and very fast as well. Ahura Mazda had triumphed again through Xerxes, and now the world was in a better shape than it had been a couple of days ago because one of those liar kings has also disappeared. It must have been an incredible...

And it's sad that we don't have any written record of the Persian version of this, but I've no doubt that the propaganda would have traveled far and very fast as well. Ahura Mazda had triumphed again through Xerxes, and now the world was in a better shape than it had been a couple of days ago because one of those liar kings has also disappeared. It must have been an incredible...

And it's sad that we don't have any written record of the Persian version of this, but I've no doubt that the propaganda would have traveled far and very fast as well. Ahura Mazda had triumphed again through Xerxes, and now the world was in a better shape than it had been a couple of days ago because one of those liar kings has also disappeared. It must have been an incredible...

Precisely. And we know from the Byzantine inscription of Xerxes' father Darius that the annihilation of rebel kings is what you're after. You don't keep them imprisoned at all. You lop off the head. So this is all done for him, really, and it's a great victory.

Precisely. And we know from the Byzantine inscription of Xerxes' father Darius that the annihilation of rebel kings is what you're after. You don't keep them imprisoned at all. You lop off the head. So this is all done for him, really, and it's a great victory.

Precisely. And we know from the Byzantine inscription of Xerxes' father Darius that the annihilation of rebel kings is what you're after. You don't keep them imprisoned at all. You lop off the head. So this is all done for him, really, and it's a great victory.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It really does make more sense, doesn't it? When you're thinking about, as you described the geography, you know, we're going into this narrow past. There's no way the whole Persian force would have been brought down there. There's simply no geographic room for them.