"SOME FUN & INTERESTING TIDBITS"
(TAKE 2)
ARTEMISIA. Queen of Halicarnassus, (Also I believe was the first woman Admiral)
commanded a fleet on the side of Xerxes at Salamis, was pursued by a Greek trireme.  
To avoid capture she sunk one of her own galleys and misled the Greeks to think that
she was on their side. (Typical woman. Tricky! I meant that in a nice way of course!
Trust Me!)) She escaped and XERXES stated, "My men have proved themselves
women and my women men". Herod. viii, 88
The Battle of Plataea took place in 479 BC between
an alliance of Greek city-states Sparta, Athens,
Corinth, Megara, and others against the Persians.
Here are the results according to Herodotus!
(remember that Herodotus' numbers always seem
different than other historians)

Combatants
Greek city-states   /   Persia
Commanders
Pausanias          /        Mardonius
Strength
110 000         /        300 000
Casualties
159           /         257 000
(CAN WE SAY.............WOW!!!)
The cornucopia, literally 'horn of plenty,' adorns the
Thanksgiving table thanks to Greek mythology. The horn may
originally have belonged to a goat, but Zeus used to drink from
it as a baby.
Foreign slaves were often use
by the Greeks as a Police Force
for their communities.  I believe
the Greeks thought it was
demeaning to govern
themselves.
A HOPLITE; was equipped with
a DORY/spear,  ASPIS/shield,
CURIASS/breast plate,
GREAVES/shinguards,
KOPIS/sword and a BRONZE
HELMET.  Weight was approx.
70lbs.
"Approx weight of todays
equipped soliders. Interesting,
huh?"
ORIGIN OF MOTHER'S DAY

 Do you know where this holiday began?
Tributes to honoring our mothers have credited back to
mythology. In Greek mythology, there is the story of Rhea.
Rhea is the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, and is the mother of
the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. Rhea is
remembered as “the mother of the gods” and her motherly
devotion to saving her children, in particular, Zeus, began being
celebrated with a spring festival in early Greece.