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The revolt failed, but the Persian king, Darius, could not let such impudence go unpunished, and in 490 b.c. he confidently launched an invasion of Attica.
The windswept peninsula of southern Attica reaches out towards the Aegean Sea, and at its very tip (70 km/43 miles south of Athens) the ancients built a beautiful Temple to Poseidon, the God of that watery realm.
Rooms display an eclectic series of artifacts with dioramas of the great Battle of Salamis in 480 b.c., letters from the naval heroes of Greek independence, and numerous items salvaged from the seas around the Attica coastline.
Under his rule, commerce and the arts flourished: Attica’s wine and olive oil were shipped to Italy, Egypt, and Asia Minor in beautiful black-figure pots; the first tragedies ever written were performed at the annual festival of the wine god, Dionysus; and the standard version of Homer’s works was set down.
Although they warred as often as they united, the citizens of Athens and surrounding city-states on the Attica peninsula, notably Sparta and Thebes, shared a sense of identity.