After Thermopylae: the oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Wars

Introduction: arms and the men

The Oath of Plataea: texts and contexts

The Plataea Oath as a document of ancient Greek religion

The Persian Wars: making history on oath with Herodotus

The face of the Battle of Plataea

The Greeks invent the Persian Wars: the mythology and commemoration of Plataea

Conclusion: the legacy of Plataea.