Brendan Barry

1.28.16
Mrs. Hartman
Period 4
NHD Annotated Bibliography

Works Cited
Battle underway. 2006. Ancient Greek Battles. Web. 27 Jan. 2016.
<http://www.ancientgreekbattles.net/Pages/48070_BattleOfThermopylae.htm>. At this
point, I am only using this site for photographs of the Battle of Thermopylae.
Cartwright, Mark. "Ancient History Encyclopedia." www.ancient.eu. N.p., 16 Apr. 2013. Web. 19
Nov. 2015. <http://www.ancient.eu/thermopylae/>. this article is about when and where
the battle of Thermopylae and who was involved in the battle and what exactly happened
on that ridge. This source has good clear and logical information and is easy to read and
take notes from. It is easy to tell who the author is for eacg=h article in the source and i
believe that its trustworthy and an overall good source.
Cox, Savanah. "$ most important battle of Ancient Greece." All that is interesting. N.p., Mar.
2007. Web. 21 Dec. 2015. <http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-four-most-importantbattles-of-ancient-greece>. This article talks about King Xrexis father and the back story
behind the battle of Thermopylae and everything that happened before the battle. Also it
talks about everything that happened over the 5 days on the dangerous gorge and how
many men died in the battle. I believe that this is a good source and has lots of very good
info to take notes on. I would definitely recommend this source to anyone else that would
be doing this topic.

The Daily Prophet. "300 Spartans' Battle of Thermopylea." The Daily Prophet. N.p., Jan. 2011.
Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <https://littledailyprophet.wordpress.com/300-spartans-battle-ofthermopylae/>. This article talks about the myths of the Battle of Thermopylea and bhow
there was only 300 spartens holding off 30,000 persians lead by their leader, king zerxis.
It talks about the loses of the battle and how longthe battle was too. This is a reliable
source because it has every one of the souces that they got their informsation from is
cited at the bottem of the page wth links to each of them. It is a good source, easy to read
and easy to take notes from for research.
Encyclopeadia britannica. "Battle of Thermopylea." Encyclopeadia britannica. N.p., 2010. Web.
29 Nov. 2015. <http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Thermopylae-Greek-history480-BC>. This article gives a quick summory of what happened at the battle of
Thermopylea. It tlks about where the bsttle took place, who was involed, and the
outcome of the battle. It is an easy to read source and good for taking notes from. It is a
credible site.
Finer times. "Battle of thermopylea facts." The Finer Times. N.p., Mar. 2005. Web. 21 Dec.
2015. <http://www.thefinertimes.com/Ancient-Wars/the-battle-of-thermopylae.html>.
This article only talks about what happened before the battle And the harsh rivalry
between the Greeks and the Persians and how long ago Greece burned down all of one of
Persia's great cities. So King Xerxis Father when he was king planned his revenge until
he died and eventually his son carried out his plan. I think that this is a good topic to use
for research for the battle of thermopylea and is easy to read and take notes from. I would
recomend this topic to anyone doing my topic.

Freeman, Jay. "Thermopylae: the battle that changed the world." The book list. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 1.
ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
<http://search.proquest.com/docview/235537193/27F8951DB6C94A39PQ/1?
accountid=2426>. this database talks about the impact of the battle of thermopylea had
on Greece and how the battle brought all of the city states together to fight as one and
save their country instead of fighting each other for control of Greece. Its a very
trustworthy source for information and its very easy to read and clear. Its very easy to tell
who the author is and its just an overall a good source for information.
Fyre, David. "Greco-Persian wars: Batttle of Thermoplyea." Historynet.com. N.p., 10 Feb. 2006.
Web. 22 Nov. 2015. <http://www.historynet.com/greco-persian-wars-battle-ofthermopylae.htm>. This article talks about the Persians side of the battle and how they
got onto the shores of Greece and why The battle of Thermopylae was happening. It talks
about Xrexis and what he did to attempt to prepare his men for battle by sending spys to
see what the Greece's were planning. This source has good and reliable facts that are easy
to understand. It is an overall good source.
Herodotus. "Launchpad:Battle of Thermopylae." EDsitement. N.p., Nov. 2011. Web. 14 Dec.
2015. <http://edsitement.neh.gov/launchpad-battle-thermopylae>. This article talks about
why the Battle of Thermopylae happened. It tells about the back story of the Conflict
between the persians and the greeks and how the invasion of Greece is revenge for
Greece burning one of their sacred cities to the ground. I believe that this is a very good
source to use because the got their information came the books of the ancient Greek
libraries in Sparta and Athens. this is an easy to read source with lots of facts to take
notes on and a great source to use for the topic of the Battle of thermopylae.

Heturodus. "Heturodus, Histories." Essays.org.uk. N.p., 4 Sept. 2004. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://essays.org.uk/classical-studies/summaries/herodotus-histories-book-vii>. This
article talks about The Famous historian Herodotus that was not known for being very
historically accurate and also wrote many of the ancient greek myths. this article also
talks about Herodotus, how he carefully recorded everything that happened at the battle
of Thermopylae Then put all of it into a book called Book Vll. The facts were somewhat
logical and states their facts clearly and is an overall good website. it's source is helpful
to me because it tells me how every historian got their information and that its not just all
myths and no facts.
History.com Staff. "Leonidas." History.com. N.p., 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.
<http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/leonidas>. This article Tells of the Great
leader of the 300 spartans and seven thousand athenians at the battle of thermopyle.
Leonidas was the the the leader of the land forces at the battle of Thermopylae and not
the sea battle as well. This article is credible because all of the sources where it got its
information is good. Also the facts are very clear and easy to take notes on.
Lifestar. "Last Stand-Battle of Thermopylea." JunoirGeneral.org. N.p., Oct. 2005. Web. 6 Dec.
2015. <http://www.juniorgeneral.org/greece/thermopylae.html>. This article tells and
shows the exact number of units in each force on the greek side and also shows the
altitude the distance from the wall to the cliff and tells that there would be no chance of
survival if you were to fall. It also tells of the historical backround of how the battle
happened and the reasoning that King Zerxis had to invade Breece with the biggest army
in ancient hitory. This if a good source to use for notes and research because alll of their

sources are very reliable and because it is very easy to read and just an overall good
source to use.
Mr.donn. "Persian Wars." Greece.MrDonn.org. N.p., 2007. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://greece.mrdonn.org/persianwars.html>. This article talks about the importance of
the battle of thermopylae and how its influenced the future of Greece and its armies. Also
it talks about how the battle helped to shape Greece and what people saw when they
looked at greece. The facts are logical and clear and are easy to take notes from. The
sources where they got their info was reliable because most of the sites were a .org and
.gov. This source is some what useful to me because i already ave very good sources that
have lots of info that i can also use for research. I don't think that it changed my outlook
on my topic at all.
New World Encyclopedia. "Battle of Thermopylea." New World encyclopedia. N.p., 17 May
2012. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.
<http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Thermopylae>. this article talks
about the myths if the battle and the estimates of how many troops the Persians brought
to the amount of troops that the Greeks had and cover lots of the events that happened
over the 4 day battle. It also talks about the after affects of the battle. This is a very
logical and easy to read and take notes of for research. I believe this is a good website to
use for information and i would recomend it to any one else that would be researching
my topic.
Pfigstsen, Max. "Phalanx Warfare." study.com. N.p., 2008. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://study.com/academy/lesson/civilized-warfare-in-ancient-greece.html>. This article
talks about the war tactics that were used in both armies during the time. Also It talks

about how the Greeks had a much stronger tactic than the persians and that's why the
greeks dominated the battlefield for 4 days strait being severely outnumbered each day of
the fighting. This Is a very good source to use if you are researching the battle of
Thermopylae because it gives you a very good insight to warfare back then. The sources
that were used to find the information are very reliable. I believe that it did help with my
research for the Battle of Thermopylae but none of my guiding questions were answered.

"The Phalanx." History of the hopolte Phalanx. N.p., 2011. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://qa.perl.org/phalanx/history.html>.
Shaara, Michel. "Gates of Fire." Brothersjudd.com. N.p., 2008. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/376/Gates%20of
%20Fir.htm>.
"Spartan Military." Ancient military.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.ancientmilitary.com/spartan-military.htm>.
"300 Spartans." www.The300spatanworriors.com. N.p., 2010. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.300spartanwarriors.com/theleonidasexpeditions.html>.
Verg, Dan. "This is Sparta?" Usatoday30usatoday.com. N.p., 2009. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-03-05-300history_N.htm>.
Walison, Goerge. "The battle of Thermopylea." http://www.shsu.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov.
2015. <http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Herother.html>. THis article talks about what
happened leading up to the battle, during the battle, and what happened after the battle.
IT goes into very good detail about what exactly happened during the battle of

thermoplyea. THere source is very reliable becuse they good all of their information from
ancient Greek books and a man named Herotudus recorded eveything that happened at
the battle. There information is very clear and easy to understand and conprehend adn it
has lots of very good facts to take notes from.