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To: Claud

Herodotus in 6.136-140 tells how Miltiades (later hero of the battle of Marathon) conquered Lemnos for Athens. His account implies that some of the Lemnians were forced to leave the island, but maybe not all of them.


38 posted on 06/19/2007 11:42:00 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Interesting! And whoever remained would have been progressively hellenized I guess.


39 posted on 06/19/2007 12:29:39 PM PDT by Claud
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