The accounts记述 · the ancient witnesses
Greek historians · 希腊史家
Herodotus — Histories （希罗多德·历史）primary source · 源典266 loci · well-attested
§ 8.1–144, 9.1–122 · 266/266 in the cited books
the central narrative (Bks 6–9: Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea)核心叙述（卷六至九：马拉松、温泉关、萨拉米斯、普拉提亚）
Diodorus Siculus — Library of History （狄奥多罗斯·历史丛书）dated witness · 系年见证311 loci · well-attested
§ 11.1–59
Josephus — Works (Antiquities · Wars · Apion · Life) （约瑟夫斯·著作（古史·战争·驳阿庇翁·自传））dated witness · 系年见证8 loci · attested
§ 11.5–5
Provenance: “primary source” = curated canonical witness (editorial); “dated witness” = derived from the ToposText date index by year-span, with the matched loci count. Sparse counts may include incidental mentions.出处：「源典」为校订之正典见证（编辑判断）；「系年见证」由 ToposText 系年索引按年代跨度推得，附匹配条目数；稀少者或含偶涉。
Key figures关键人物
Xerxes I 薛西斯一世 r. 486 BCE–465 BCE
Themistocles 地米斯托克利 524 BCE–459 BCE
Leonidas I 列奥尼达一世 r. 489 BCE–480 BCE
Darius I 大流士一世 r. 522 BCE–486 BCE
On the timeline时间轴上
→ See this and all 17 historians on the chronology spine于编年脊柱上一览本事件与全部 17 位史家