...0 02 08 2007 In mid-May 1939 an unusual excavation was being carried out by the General Director of Greek Antiquities, Spyridon Marinatos. The excavation, which was reported extensively in the domestic as well as the foreign press, took place at the site of Thermopylai in central Greece...

... to the Chersonese in 353/2 and by dispatching Nausikles with a force to Thermopylai in the same year, they convinced themselves that they could maintain their security, even in an emergency. The outbreak of war between Philip and Olynthos in 349 gave them a new opportunity and they rose to meet it. The destruction...

... senior officers. The Athenians might begin to hope for a new opportunity. The death of Alexander prompted the outbreak of the Lamian War, but again the Athenians and their allies were defeated in a fair fight. Macedonian ambitious Athenians Thermopylai Phokis This content is only available as a PDF. ...