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| Aug 14, 2012 at 18:08 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | IMHO, the bit about Ephialtes is probably a myth, made much later by people who saw the 300 as so heroic that they could not possibly have been defeated without treachery being involved. Still, it makes for a good story, and doesn't really hurt anything. | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 6:30 | vote | accept | Joe | ||
| Jun 14, 2012 at 0:02 | comment | added | Noldorin | In any case, +1 for your expansions. | |
| Jun 14, 2012 at 0:01 | comment | added | Noldorin | Okay, so I looked into this a bit more... "Pyrrhic" is probably too harsh, although historians seem quite ignorant of the numbers, except that the Persian army was much longer. It's generally thought that the Battle of Thermopylae was of moderate but not overwhelming importance in the Persian wars. Persian losses were much greater by number, but probably not very different by percentage. Historians seem to concur that the battle provided an effective test of military strength, tactics, and techniques against the Persians, as well as a huge psychological/morale boost despite the loss. | |
| Jun 13, 2012 at 22:12 | comment | added | lins314159 | Thermopylae was far from a pyrrhic victory for the Persians. Sure, they lost a lot of troops in comparison to the paltry Greek army there, but it was only a small portion of their army and was inconsequential given it neither forced them to reconsider their plans nor make a field encounter more viable for the Greeks. Such a loss of manpower was fully justified by the speed of the victory at a key defensive position. On the ultimate Persian defeat, I've added a bit to the answer to explain why I nonetheless consider this successful. | |
| Jun 13, 2012 at 22:10 | history | edited | lins314159 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Some clarification on Persian defeat
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| Jun 13, 2012 at 21:12 | comment | added | Noldorin | I don't know what you're talking about with respect to the Graeco-Persian wars. It was a pyrrhic victory for the Persians, without doubt; followed by decisive Greek victories in the next decades. | |
| Jun 13, 2012 at 7:15 | history | edited | lins314159 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2012 at 2:51 | history | answered | lins314159 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |