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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005 Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis Straits in the most important naval battle of the ancient world. Overwhelmingly outnumbered by the enemy, the Greeks triumphed through a combination of strategy and deception. More than two millennia after it occurred, the clash between the Greeks and Persians at Salamis remains one of the most tactically brilliant battles ever fought. The Greek victory changed the course of western history -- halting the advance of the Persian Empire and setting the stage for the Golden Age of Athens.In this dramatic new narrative account, historian and classicist Barry Strauss brings this landmark battle to life. He introduces us to the unforgettable characters whose decisions altered history: Themistocles, Athens' great leader (and admiral of its fleet), who devised the ingenious strategy that effectively destroyed the…
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The Battle Of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization
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Herodotus - Father of History
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 315p. maps.index.
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The Persians of Aeschylus
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Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1935 Book. Illus. by Trans T.G.Tucker. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Australian Edition. From the collection of Professor J Bigwood, University of Toronto.
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London: Oxford University Press, 1991 Book. Illus. by Trans Janet Lembke & C.J .Herrington. As New. Soft cover. First Thus..
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The Struggle for Greece
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London: Folio Society, 1959 Book. Illus. by wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. Narrative of the Persian Wars extracted from Herodotus' History. English translation by Kenneth Cavander.Illustrated with two colour wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Introduction by Russell Meiggs. 171 p. illus. maps on end papers. Clean, sound copy, some edge wear, no slipcase. .
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