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Per·sian
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cuneiform
wedge-shaped -
eretria
an ancient city in Greece, on the S coast of Euboea: founded as an Ionian colony; destroyed by the Persians in 490 bc following which it never regained its former significance -
law of the medes and the persians
unalterable law. -
marathon
a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c. -
parthia
an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran. -
pheidippides
the Athenian runner who secured aid from Sparta in the struggle between the Athenians and the Persians 490 b.c.