According to Plutarch, an unfinished painting of this battle created by Androcydes was rededicated to a minor skirmish at the same site.
According to Plutarch, an unfinished painting of this battle created by Androcydes was rededicated to a minor skirmish at the same site. The winning commander at this battle bickered with his underling Amompharetus about the night-time retreat preceding it. At its outset, the losing side encamped on the banks of the Asopus and met the better-positioned winners in combat on the slopes of Mount Cithaeron. (*) Aristides commanded soldiers from Athens, which was then in ruins, at this battle. The weapons of the losing side at this battle were refashioned into a column consisting of intertwined snakes. The naval battle of Mycale was fought on the same day as this engagement, during which Mardonius was defeated by a helot-heavy contingent commanded by the Spartan general Pausanias. For 10 points, name this 479 BC battle which ended the second Persian invasion of Greece.
According to Plutarch, an unfinished painting of this battle created by Androcydes was rededicated to a minor skirmish at the same site.
Battle of Plataea 