. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. itizens;but Themistocles persuaded them to sacrifice their private advan-tage to the public good, and to appropriate this money to buildinga fleet of 200 ships. The two leading citizens of Athens at this period were The-mistocles and Aristides. These two eminent men formed astriking contrast to each other. Themistocles possessed abilitiesof the most extraordinary kind; but they were marred by a wantof honesty. Aristides was inferior to Themistocles in ability, butwas incomparably superior to him in honesty and integr
. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. itizens;but Themistocles persuaded them to sacrifice their private advan-tage to the public good, and to appropriate this money to buildinga fleet of 200 ships. The two leading citizens of Athens at this period were The-mistocles and Aristides. These two eminent men formed astriking contrast to each other. Themistocles possessed abilitiesof the most extraordinary kind; but they were marred by a wantof honesty. Aristides was inferior to Themistocles in ability, butwas incomparably superior to him in honesty and integrity. Hisuprightness and justice were so universally acknowledged thathe received the surname of the Just. Themistocles was theleader of the democratical, and Aristides of the conservative partyat Athens. After three or four years of bitter rivalry, the twochiefs appealed to the ostracism, and Aristides was banished (). We are told that an unlettered countryman gave his voteagainst Aristides at the ostracism, because he was tired of hearinghim always called the Greek Soulier (From an ancient Vase.) CHAPTEE Till. THE PERSIAN WARS.—THE BATTLES OF THERMCPYLE, BALAMIR,AND PLAT-EA, 480-479. The defeat of the Persians at Marathon served only to increasethe resentment of Paring. He now resolved to collect the wholeforces of his empire, and to lead them in person against three years busy preparations were made throughout his vastdominions. In the fourth year his attention was distracted by arevolt of the Egyptians; and before he could reduce them tosubjection he was surprised by death, after a reign of 37 years( 485;. Xerxes, the son and successor of Darius, had receivedthe education of an eastern despot, and been surrounded withslaves from his cradle. In person he was the tallest and hand-somest man amidst the vast hosts which he led against Greece ;but there was nothing in his mind to correspond to this fairexterior. His character was marked by fain
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