[1] Struggles between Persians and Greeks
A. Terminology and sources
The modern use of the term PW in a wider sense refers to the struggle between the 'Hellenes and Barbarians' (Hdt. prooemium) during the time between the Ionian Revolt (500-494 BC) and the middle of the 5th cent. BC; in a narrower sense the attacks on Greece by the Persians (Achaemenidae) under the kings Darius [1] I. and Xerxes I., which were repelled at Marathon in 490 and at Sa…