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It bought time.
If the battle hadn't taken place then the Athenians would not have been able to retreat around the coast and eventually use its navy to mount a counter-attack.
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It helped them not at all. They had all the time they needed to evacuate their city and prepare for battle in the months that the Persian army and fleet assembled in Asia Minor and ponderously made their way across into Europe and down the coast of Greece.
The purpose of the Thermopylai defence was to provoke a sea battle in the strait opposite at Artemesion. The sea battle failed, and was successfully refought by the Greek navies at Salamis.
For more information on the strategies of both sides see the related question below:
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∙ 9y agoThermopylae was a holding action to force the Persians to try to turn the position by a naval attack. The Greek fleet was waiting to pounce, hoping to destroy the Persian fleet and so remove its threat to the Greek cities. With that gone, the Greek cities could send out their armies to combine and defeat the Persian army.
The Greek fleet lost the naval battle at Artemesion beside the pass, so the holding of the pass at Thermopylae was to no avail. Athens was evacuated and captured by the Persian army.
The Greeks succeeded in a later naval battle at Salamis.
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∙ 9y agoThe defence of the pass at Thermopylae fulfilled its purpose of forcing the Persians to outflank it by sea, and so precipitated a sea battle with the Greek fleet lying in wait in the strait of Artemesion beside the Thermopylae Pass. Athens provided a major part of that fleet, but had no soldiers at the Pass as they were all aboard its warships.
As the Greeks lost the sea battle, the blocking force in the Pass was withdrawn as it had no further purpose. The Spartan and Thespian army contingents stayed behind to cover their withdrawal and were slaughtered.
So the minor action at the Pass helped the Athenians not at all. They went ahead with their evacuation of Athens, sent their families to sanctuary in other southern Greek cities and prepared to fight on at sea while the Persians occupied their city.
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∙ 9y agoThe Battle of Thermopylae gave the Athenians the time they needed to assemble 200 ships.
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How did the battle of thermopylae help Athens even though they lost?
Athens was not involved in the delaying action at Thermopylae Pass. Its manpower was fully occupied manning its fleet as part of the southern Greek fleet at the battle of Artemisia Holding the Pass at Thermopylae was designed to force the Persians to try to outflank the bottleneck by sea, and the Greek fleet was waiting to pounce. The Greeks lost the sea battle and the Thermopylae force, its mission no longer relevant, was withdrawn. This exposed Athens to the advancing Persian army. They evacuated the city and it was occupied by the Persians. So Athens was not helped by Thermopylae.
How did the battle of thermopylae help atenseven though the Greeks lost?
it did not help them. They had already evacuated Athens and after the Persians advance frof Thermopylai they burnt and looted the city.
How did the battle of Thermopylae help Athens though the Greeks lost?
It did not. Athens was occupied by the Persians, its people evacuated and given refuge in southern Greek cities and its forces were embarked on its fleet to help defeat the Persians at sea.
How did the battle of thermopylae help Athens even though though greeks lost?
It did not. Athens was occupied by the Persians, its people evacuated and given refuge in southern Greek cities and its forces were embarked on its fleet to help defeat the Persians at sea.
Who was the commander of the Athens' navy during the battle of Thermopylae?
The Athenian navy was part of the southern Greek fleet which fought the sea battle at Artemesion in the strait next to the pass of Thermopylae. The Athenian component was commanded by Themistocles.
How did the battle of Thermopylae help even though the Greeks lost?
It did not. Athens was occupied by the Persians, its people evacuated and given refuge in southern Greek cities and its forces were embarked on its fleet to help defeat the Persians at sea.
How did the battle Thermopylae help Athens even though the Greeks lost?
The Greeks lost in the battle of the hot gates, but the 300 held the place for the rest of the army and navy to win now that the 3 days that were forbidden to fight were over.
Where was the pass at in which 300 Spartans died?
The narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae . August or September 480 BC
How did the battle of Thermopylae help Athens Evan though the Greeks lost?
It bought time. If the battle hadn't taken place then the Athenians would not have been able to retreat around the coast and eventually use its navy to mount a counter-attack.
One immediate outcome of the Battle of Thermopylae was that Athens and Sparta finally united true or false?
Sparta and Athens had been allies for some time. Sparta helped Athens in its struggle for democracy in late 507 BCE, and had also sent its army to help Athens at Marathon in 490 BCE 10 years earlier but had arrived too late for that battle. Athens was not present at Thermopylae, its forces were committed to manning its navy at the simultaneous battle of Artemesium. So the answer is False - Athens and Sparta were allies long before joining other southern Greek cities which united to repel the Persian invasion, and remained allies until 460 BCE when they had a falling out.
Was Phillip II the leader of battle of Thermopylae?
Leonidas I was the leader of Battle of Thermopylae.
How did the battle of thermopylae help Athens even though th Greeks lost?
It didn't help them as it failed in its purpose. Athens had been evacuated, and the Persians looted and burned the city in reparation for the Athenians having been involved in the burning of the Persian provincial capital of Sardis nearly 20 years earlier.
