The 2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Marathon Exhibition

The exhibition is organized by UL Library and the Embassy of Greece in Latvia in honour of the 2500 anniversary of the historical Battle of Marathon. With the official opening on December 14, 2010 at the UL Museum of History, Chrysanthi Panagiotopoulou, the Ambassador of Greece to Latvia, addressed the audience, while Harry Tuman, UL Associate Professor, gave a historical insight into the crucial battle against Persian invaders. The Battle of Marathon (490 B.C.) was a watershed in the Greco-Persian wars. The exhibition presents descriptions of this historical event written by ancient historians and poets in their native language as well as translations in different languages such as English, German, Latvian, Russian, there are also a collection of the 19 and 20 century scientific studies, art and fiction. Visitors can get acquainted with a number of historical exhibits dedicated to the Marathon Battle, for instance, the works written by two Greek historians – Thucydides’ “The History” and Pausanias’ “Description of Greece”, Carl Roberts’ study on the portrayal of the Marathon painting at the Stoa Poikile in the Athenian Agora created by Polignotes, etc. All who are interested in getting more information about 11 interesting and exciting works included in the Library’s collection are kindly welcome to The 2500^th Anniversary of the Battle of Marathon exhibition.

Translated by students of the professional study programme Translator of the University of Latvia.