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Monday, May 2, 2011
Question - 652
What incident is being portrayed?
Answer: Xerxes having the sea whipped as a punishment for destroying his bridges at Hellespont during his famous invasion of Greece. Karthik, Siddarth Pai, Raghu, Matti, Jaggi and Divya got it. Well done.
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Karthik
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Xerxes commanding the sea be whipped after the bridges were destroyed by the sea
Persian invasion in Greek. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Persian king Xerxes' first attempt to bridge the Hellespont ended in failure when a storm destroyed the flax and papyrus bridge; Xerxes ordered the Hellespont whipped three hundred times and had fetters thrown into the water.
What incident is being portrayed?
7 comments:
Xerxes commanding the sea be whipped after the bridges were destroyed by the sea
xeres' attempt to castigate the sea for his failed attempt to beidge it
he lashed the hellespont 300 times & threw chains into it
the 2nd attempyt was successful
Xerxes having the sea whipped for its insolence.
Persian invasion in Greek. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Persian king Xerxes' first attempt to bridge the Hellespont ended in failure when a storm destroyed the flax and papyrus bridge; Xerxes ordered the Hellespont whipped three hundred times and had fetters thrown into the water.
Xerxes punishing the sea at Hellespont
Xerxes punishing the sea
The parting of the Red Sea by Moses - the Egyptians who were stuck when it closed
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