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| | The Internet Classics Archive The History of Herodotus by Herodotus |
 | | Such is the account which the Athenians give of the way in which the battle began; but the Eginetans maintain that the vessel which had been to Egina for the Aeacidae, was the one that brought on the fight. | | | At these words of Themistocles, Eurybiades changed his determination; principally, as I believe, because he feared that if he withdrew the fleet to the Isthmus, the Athenians would sail away, and knew that without the Athenians, the rest of their ships could be no match for the fleet of the enemy. | | | And now, the remainder of the Grecian sea-force, hearing that the fleet which had been at Artemisium, was come to Salamis, joined it at that island from Troezen- orders having been issued previously that the ships should muster at Pogon, the port of the Troezenians. |
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| | The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Persian War by Alfred J. Church |
| | When the battle was ended the Greeks drew to Salamis such of the broken ships as yet floated, and prepared to fight yet again, for they thought that the King would not fail to use the ships that remained to him. | | | For the Greeks fought in good order and kept their plans, but the barbarians were without order, neither had they any purpose in what they did. | | | All this the barbarians did in silence, lest haply the Greeks should hear of [226] the thing that had been done. |
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http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=persian&story=battle
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| | Niebuhr argued that Herodotos' account of this battle is irrational, because it is obvious that the main concern of the Persians, after they had seized Athens and the Greeks had concentrated their forces at the Isthmus of Corinth, should have been to attack the Peloponnese by sea. | | | >From this position they could protect the Athenian population which had taken refuge on the island of Salamis, they could protect the land forces at the Isthmus from direct attack from the sea, and they could threaten the ferry operation. | | | A similar argument had been used by Munro in 1926 when he claimed that the second section was composed of the 100 triremes of the Pontic Greeks which according to Herodotos were absent at the time of the muster of Doriskos. |
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http://www.metrum.org/perwars/salamis.htm
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| | The Battle of Salamis |
| | Herodotus suggests that there is little support for defending the island, and only the Athenians are in favour of the proposal, although this too is unlikely because presumably Megara and Aegina would want to defend north of the Isthmus. | | | Remember that these two cities are resisting only because of their hatred to Thebes. | | | Meanwhile the Athenians were evacuating their city and it seems that the bulk of their population was exported to Salamis or Troezen. |
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http://www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk/salamis.htm
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| | Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (450 BC) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Athenians did not take advantage of their victory; instead, they simply returned home, where they found that Sparta had taken over the temple at Delphi, and that the Boeotians were beginning to revolt against Athenian rule. | | | This revolt led to the Battle of Coronea in 447 BC. | | | In 454 BC the Athenian-led Delian League lost a fleet in an unsuccessful attempt to aid an Egyptian revolt against Persia. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis_(in_Cyprus)
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| | On this Day In History, The Battle of Salamis, 480 B.C. |
| | The survivors struggled out of the narrows while they were hunted down by the Greeks until they reached Psyttaleai. | | | The remaining Persian ships stopped at the island of Psyttaleia and blocked the entrance to the strait of Salamis: the Greek fleet can not escape. | | | This Athenian man was very rebellious in his youth but eventually he chose for a career in politics were his natural slyness was the most useful. |
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| | Athens Democracy Themistocles Battle of Salamis Pericles |
| | They portrayed themselves as the foremost among the defenders of Greek liberty, a city willing to take on powerful enemies. | | | Themistocles had been lucky that the Persians had fallen for his trick at Salamis and lucky that the battle had been won. | | | Yet, they had contributed to the Persian fleet and their ships and crews had been lost at Salamis. |
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| | Battle of Salamis |
| | The Spartans and other allies were encamped in the Isthmus of Corinth, awaiting the outcome of the sea battle. | | | He had his throne placed on a hill overlooking the sea, in part to savor his victory and in part so his commanders would know that their king was watching them. | | | King Xerxes, upon seeing this great defeat at Salamis, headed back to Persia with what was left of his navy and part of his army. |
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| | Battle of Thermopylae |
| | Darius was unable to respond immediately to his defeat because of rebellions on the other end of his empire. | | | This fight would be known as the Battle of Salamis. | | | While he was quelling these, he was killed in battle. |
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http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/id28.html
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| | Review: The Battle of Salamis, by Barry Strauss |
| | He worked to verify all his facts with eyewitness interviews, exploration of the grounds upon which the battles were fought, examined written documents and more. | | | The Battle of Salamis was a battle that had a crucial influence on later events. | | | The crucial moment would be a Naval battle off an Island near the coast of Attica called Salamis. |
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http://www.indepthinfo.com/salamis/review.shtml
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| | Salamis Island |
| | The Greek island of Salamis is the largest island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile off-coast from Piraeus. | | | Salamis island is known for the Battle of Salamis, and as birthplace of Ajax the great and Euripides. | | | It also could have been named after Cychreus's mother (Cychreus was the first king of the island). |
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http://www.fastload.org/sa/Salamis_Island.html
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| | The Battle of Salamis |
| | Nor is there any escape to the open sea west of Salamis: an Egyptian squadron lies in wait. | | | And Salamis is ideal for his pedagogic purpose, for his readers would know so well that no necessity attached to any of the events of those days, that all came about as chance has it, thanks to the perspicacity of Themistocles and the bravery of his men. | | | , which recounts the story of the battle as it is received at the imperial court. |
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| | Navy League of Australia - Federal Council |
| | The Athenians waved their claim (to command the fleet) knowing that a quarrel about the command would certainly mean the destruction of Greece." | | | A council of the Greeks was hurriedly convened on Salamis. | | | Herodotus writes, "In the Battle of Marathon, some 6,400 Persians were killed, the losses of the Athenians were 192". |
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| | Sea Power: BATTLE OF SALAMIS: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece - and Western Civilization, THE |
| | Strauss uses the establishment of the Delian League, the Greek maritime empire, to supplement his view that the Greek imperialist democracy was propagated via sea. | | | This is not only a great book about an ancient sea battle, but a cleverly molded history lesson about the distant past of Western philosophy and democratic principles. | | | The Battle of Salamis, a naval conflict between the Athenians and the Persians in 480 B.C., is perhaps the most important naval encounter in the ancient world because it prevented democracy from being vanquished from Greece. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200409/ai_n9427271
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| | NPR : Salamis: The Battle That Saved Western Culture |
| | But the Greek city states set aside differences and banded together to repel the invaders in an epic battle involving a thousand ships. | | | In his book The Battle of Salamis historian Barry Strauss argues that the Greek victory did no less than assure the survival of Western civilization. | | | Read an Excerpt from 'The Battle of Salamis' |
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| | Reader's Companion to Military History - - Salamis, Battle of |
| | On the advice of the Athenian general Themistocles, who had under his charge the alliance's greatest contingent of 180 triremes, the Greeks staked their national safety in a last-ditch sea battle in the channel between Salamis and Attica, within sight of occupied Athens. | | | The decisive defeat of Xerxes' fleet prompted the king and his navy to abandon Greek waters altogether and ensured that the heroic defenders would never again fear enemy landings at their rear: Greece south of Attica was now safe. | | | In the battle's immediate aftermath, Greeks rightly saw the victorious rowers of Salamis as proof of the skill and courage inherent within the nascent democratic citizenry of Athens. |
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http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_045900_salamisbattl.htm
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| | Boston.com / A&E / Books / Historian breathes life into an ancient battle |
| | There are heroic figures, as would be expected. | | | There were perhaps 200,000 men involved in the battle. | | | Herodotus, the first great historian, wrote his account 50 years after the battle, able to speak, Strauss writes, with veterans of both sides. |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2004/08/17/historian_breathes_life_into_an_ancient_battle?mode=PF
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| | The Trireme (1/2) |
| | before the Greek navy sailed to Salamis according to Plutarch | | | Casson : The Age of the Trireme (PDF) | | | The invention of the trireme could be around 700 BC by Ameinocles the Corinthian, who made the Samians acquainted with it (Thucyd. |
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| | Perseus Lookup Tool |
| | Salamis: Salamis Channel with Lipsoukoutali Island on left [Image] (12.79) | | | Davies; Athens Comes of Age: From Solon to Salamis: M. Davies 1978 [Source citation] (3.46) | | | Athens, Agora I 7121, Relief from a decree in which Athens honors King Euagoras of Salamis (Cyprus): Late Classical; Marble; Honorary; A probable representation of Salamis [Sculpture] (4.68) |
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| | Battle of Salamis - Fast and Easy Rules for Students |
| | Historical Background: The Persian invasion of Greece launched by Darius in 490 BC failed when the Athenians won a great victory at Marathon. | | | The Greeks put up the best defense they could, and held the line for a time, but were worn down by the larger Persian fleet. | | | Here are some paper ships you can print and use: Colored Ships, Black and White Ships. |
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| | Kitsos on the Sea-Battle of Salamis |
| | Another of his sons had excelled in bravely defending his country. | | | The Aeginetans, with the Ionians, and the Spartans with the Corinthians, were beating the Persian-Egyptian-Phoenician forces.Bones were being broken, teeth were being shattered, men were drowning and ships were sinking. | | | The Persian King had his throne dismantled and withdrew. |
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http://www.grecoreport.com/kitsos_on_the_sea-battle_of_salamis.htm
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| | The Battle of Salamis |
| | The Battle of Salamis did not so much show the superiority of Greek technology or even better leadership, but just may have been a Greek victory because of Greek misinformation. | | | The events leading up to the battle had ominous consequences for the Greeks. | | | This site explores the Battle of Salamis and its consequences. |
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http://www.indepthinfo.com/salamis/index.shtml
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| | Battle of Salamis: 480 BC |
| | This was one of the last battles of the Persian Wars. | | | The Greek forces were led by Themistocles, an Athenian statesman, who was responsible for devising the strategy used during the battle. | | | During the battle, Xerxes watched from a distance as his men fought the Greeks. |
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| | Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.07.68 |
| | The work that Xerxes did in the year after his retreat to prevent defections from his rule must be based on inferences, yet there is no doubt that he was the one off balance, on his own homeland. | | | The unifying effect of the battle for the Greeks is both real and transitory, and it contrasts utterly with Artemisia, who willingly kills her own people on her own ships to save her reputation before Xerxes. | | | These are the organizing principles anchoring this reconstruction of the epic battle and the people who fought it, and the exciting story that emerges. |
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| | Battle of Salamis. (from Themistocles) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | According to the Homeric epics, Salamis was founded after the Trojan War by the archer Teucer, who came from the island of Salamis, off Attica. | | | The bloodiest battle of the Civil War began as an unplanned skirmish. | | | The Battle of Marathon was a decisive victory for the Greeks during the Persian Wars. |
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| | Week 5 Assignments - Intertestamental Era - REL 464 |
| | After the battle of Salamis, the colony at Carthage, on the coast of North Africa, was cut off from Phoenician support and had to became self-sufficient. | | | Until this time they had been the major sea-faring force in the Mediterranean, both for trade and for founding colonies. | | | The feast which Xerxes gave (Esther, chapter 1) was intended to divert the attention of his people from the defeat they had just sufferred. |
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| | Essay: Battle of Salamis |
| | Summary: The Battle of Salamis was one of the last battles in the Persian Wars, and it proved to be a turning point, as it forced the withdrawal of the Persian forces from the Greek homeland. | | | This paper describes the Battle of Salamis, which took place between the Persians and Greeks in 480 B.C. Delivery: Immediate Download and Auto-Email. |
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| | Herodotus tells us at the start that he is centrally concerned with the story of the two Persian invasions of Greece: the invasion force which came by sea in 490 BC (sent by the Persian king Darius) and the land invasion of 480 BC (sent by Darius's son Xerxes). | | | The Athenians abandon the city and take to their ships to move against the Persian fleet. | | | The first Persian expedition was repulsed in the Battle of Marathon, and the second at the Battle of Salamis and the Battle of Plataea. |
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| | Batle of Salamis |
| | u realise the battle of salamis was at sea... | | | Me and my class were doing a report on the famos battle of Salamis (the city), so I made this, the battle of salamis (the food). | | | It was a battle between the greeks and the persians. |
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| | Battle of Salamis |
| | Classical ancient historical print of the Battle of Salamis. | | | Greek Triremes led by Themistocles attack the Persian fleet during the battle of Salamis. | | | The Persian captains tried frantically to turn their ships but their oars became entangled and the turning manoeuvre caused the ships to run into each other. |
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| | The Greeks - The Battle of Salamis |
| | Opportunity to prove his suspicions correct came only a year after the victory at Salamis. | | | After the stunning victory at Salamis, Themistocles received a wreath of olive leaves in acknowledgement of his brilliance. | | | A vote to decide who should receive the award for achieving the victory fell into dispute. |
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| | Greek Battle of Salamis: Defeat of Persian King Xerxes by Themistocles |
| | The Greek Victory of Salamis is on of the most stupendous moments of history, a battle which was to decide the fate of all the future ages. | | | Europe snatched from Asia that rulership of the world which Europe has held ever since. | | | Read about Greek Battle of Salamis: Defeat of Persian King Xerxes by Themistocles in the The Story of the Greatest Nations and the Worlds Famous Events Vol 1 |
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| | DVD Talk Forum - Battle of Salamis by Barry Strauss |
| | Salamis was definitely most of the most important trireme battles (quite possibly THE most important) but in a way it was atypical because the Greeks deliberately turned the battle into a boarding battle in narrow waters, rather than a battle of maneuvering and ramming. | | | Just came out, the defining battle of the trireme, one of the greatest naval battles of all time, with land skirmishes of the Persian wars. | | | But, in any case, from the reviews on Amazon it seems Strauss has written this really well? |
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| | Battle of Salamis Essay |
| | The Greeks prepared for Battle, after receiving a forceful report form the Tenians. | | | The Athenian squadron came face to face with the Phoenicians, who formed the Persian left wing and the Lacedeamonians faced the ships of Ionia, which were stationed on the Piraeus, or eastern side. | | | Every man feared for their lives not just on the battlefield but also of Xerxes eyes because they knew he was watching them. |
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| | Barry Strauss The Battle of Salamis |
| | Barry Strauss is one of the best ancient naval historians alive, and in The Battle of Salamis he combines his classical expertise with his natural gifts as a storyteller to make the inexplicable Greek victory not just explicable -- but captivating as well. | | | The ensuing drama is as riveting as it is historically accurate. | | | Barry Strauss is the Patrick O'Brian of the Persian-Greek war that set the course of western history. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Battle of Salamis |
| | Search for books about your topic, "Battle of Salamis" | | | Salamís, Battle of, important Greek naval victory in 480 bc, during the Persian Wars that halted the advance of Xerxes I, the King of Persia, and... | | | Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian. |
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| | Salamis The Island -- Salamina Municipality - |
| | Salamis Island is the birth place of mythical heroes like Aias or Ajax once the king of Salamis Island, Euripides the great poet and play writer. | | | That in short is Salamis Island browse through the links for more information and we thank you for visiting our site, feel free to e-mail us for any questions you have we would be pleased to answer. | | | Also at Salamis bay the greatest navel battle in history took place determining the future of Europe at the time, The Great Battle of Salamis. |
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| | The battle of Plataea |
| | After the battle of Salamis, Xerxes cries and flees to Persia, leaving behind Mardonius and a substantial part of his army in Greece. | | | Meanwhile Athens is still occupying Troezen and Salamis, as they are afraid to re-occupy the city. | | | The Peloponnesians withdraw behind the wall at the Isthmus and strengthen their own fortifications. |
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| | Salamis - Second Persian War - History for Kids! |
| | Without his navy, Xerxes decided it was impossible to continue the invasion, and he went home to Persia with most of his army for the winter. | | | Salamis - Second Persian War - History for Kids! | | | But the Athenian navy tricked the Persian navy into attacking them near the island of Salamis (SALL-ah-miss), and the Athenian navy won. |
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http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/salamis.htm
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| | Themistocles tricks the Persians into attacking at Salamis in order to prevent the Greek fleet from dispersing. | | | To remember the names of those who fought well. | | | Slides: Acropolis and its buildings, city, straits of Salamis. |
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