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The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad

The Histories close the invasion story with Plataea and Mycale in a conventional 479 BCE year, naming many Greek poleis and a Persian withdrawal. The instrument is that received ending-logos inside one inquiry. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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The Histories close the invasion story with Plataea and Mycale in a conventional 479 BCE year, naming many Greek poleis and a Persian withdrawal. The instrument is that received ending-logos inside one inquiry. Herodotus's documented role is: He ends the great-war file at 479 as later book-divisions print it. Pausanias and Leotychidas commanded. He did not vote the league.

Context

Pausanias is the named Spartan commander in the logos. Sharing the league with unnamed poleis is required. Thermopylae and Salamis are earlier war-logoi, not this close. Later Delian-league imperialism is Thucydides' neighbourhood, not a Herodotean 478 act. The setting of The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad is the public file around -0479-01-01. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Improving path from The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad on -0479-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Herodotus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    He ends the great-war file at 479 as later book-divisions print it. Pausanias and Leotychidas commanded. He did not vote the league.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 January 479 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Perseus — Herodotus, Histories (Godley English as later carrier)Perseus Digital Library / Tufts · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Herodotus, Halicarnassus and exile neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Perseus — Herodotus, Histories Book 9 Plataea neighbourhood (later carrier) at https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126 (opens in a new tab) (Perseus Digital Library / Tufts). Independent locator: Britannica — Battle of Plataea at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Perseus — Herodotus, Histories Book 9 Plataea neighbourhood (later carrier) (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126 (opens in a new tab); Perseus Digital Library / Tufts). Independent carrier: Britannica — Battle of Plataea (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad under -0479-01-01 for Herodotus. Established: a sourced public record of The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad under -0479-01-01.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. One close of the war logoi. Helot numbers sit on the labour row. Mixed effects of The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad. Naming Herodotus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0479-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorHerodotus
  2. contributed toFactThe Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Plataea-and-Mycale close of the war logoi stores a 479 end of the invasion as received inquiry, not as a second Iliad. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/he-plataea-end

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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