Medism
“siding with Persia”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
medizing · giving earth and water · taking the Persian side
in the texts
The Histories
The recurring concept of Greek states submitting to Persian authority ("giving earth and water" or taking the Persian side), used throughout to distinguish loyal from disloyal Greeks.
The army burnt Thespia and Plataea upon learning from the Thebans that they had not medized.
The Seriphians, Siphnians, and Melians also took part, since they were the only islanders who had not given earth and water to the barbarian.
Now the whole population of Boeotia took the Persian side, and men of Macedonia sent by Alexander safeguarded their towns, each in his appointed place;
History of the Peloponnesian War
The charge of collaborating with or serving the Persian king, the gravest accusation leveled against Pausanias at his trial.
(He was especially accused of medizing, and it appeared to be most clearly established.