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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 
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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. 
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