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100 1 Strauss, Barry S.
245 14 The battle of Salamis :|bthe naval encounter that saved
Greece--and Western civilization /|cBarry Strauss.
264 1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c[2004]
264 4 |cİ2004
300 xxi, 294 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and
index.
505 0 Note on spelling and abbreviations -- Timetable of events
relating to the Battle of Salamis, 480 B. C. -- Important
note about the ships -- Prologue: Piraeus -- Advance:
Artemisium -- Thermopylae -- Athens -- Salamis -- Trap:
Phaleron -- From Salamis to Phaleron -- From Phaleron to
Salamis -- Salamis -- Battle: Salamis straits: Morning --
Salamis straits: Afternoon -- Salamis straits: Evening --
Retreat: Phaleron -- Andros -- Epilogue: Susa -- Notes --
Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
520 An account of the 480 B.C. battle that rendered Athens the
dominant power in Greece documents its importance as an
event that made possible the foundation of western
traditions, citing in particular the contributions of
history's first woman commander. The battle of Salamis in
480 B.C. was the most important naval encounter of the
ancient world. In the narrow strait between the island of
Salamis and the Greek mainland, a heavily outnumbered
Greek navy defeated the Persian armada in a brilliant
victory that is still studied today. The Greek triumph at
Salamis stopped the advancing Persians and saved the first
democracy in history. It made Athens the dominant city in
Greece, gave birth to the Athenian empire, and set the
stage for the Age of Pericles. On the Persian side, the
battle of Salamis also featured history's first female
admiral and sailors from three continents. The Battle of
Salamis features some of the most fascinating figures in
the ancient world: Themistocles, the Athenian commander
who masterminded the victory (and tricked his fellow
Greeks into fighting); Xerxes, the Persian king who
understood land but not naval warfare; Aeschylus, the
Greek playwright who took part at Salamis and later
immortalized it in drama; and Artemisia, the half-Greek
queen who was one of Xerxes' trusted commanders and who
turned defeat into personal victory. In his riveting story
of this clash on the Greek seas, classicist and historian
Barry Strauss offers a new in-depth account of the ancient
battle. Drawing on recent work in archaeology, meteorology,
and forensic science as well as on his own experience as a
rower (both navies were oar powered), Strauss revises our
understanding of one of history's pivotal wars and of
Herodotus's classic if underrated account of it. But in
addition to being exciting military history, The Battle of
Salamis is also a vivid analysis of ancient culture. A
scholar who has reexamined the original sources for this
stirring narrative presents an exciting, perceptive work
of military history and a shrewd analysis of the cultural
differences between and within the contending Persian and
Greek factions.
650 0 Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
650 17 Perzische oorlogen.|2gtt
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