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The Battle of Salamis
Author | : Barry Strauss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2005-08-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0743274539 |
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 Persian navy in one day; Xerxes, the Persian king who fought bravely but who ultimately did not understand the sea; Aeschylus, the playwright who served in the battle and later wrote about it; and Artemisia, the only woman commander known from antiquity, who turned defeat into personal triumph. Filled with the sights, sounds, and scent of battle, The Battle of Salamis is a stirring work of history.
A Brief History and Description of Salamis
Author | : Cyprus. Tmêma Arhaiotêtôn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Cyprus |
ISBN | : |
A Brief History & Description of Salamis
Author | : Cyprus. Tmēma Archaiotētōn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 19 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Salamis (Cyprus : Extinct city) |
ISBN | : |
A Brief History and Description of Salamis
Author | : Cyprus. Tmēma Archaiotētōn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 19 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Salamis (Cyprus : Extinct city) |
ISBN | : |
Salamis of Cyprus
Author | : Sabine Rogge |
Publisher | : Waxmann Verlag |
Total Pages | : 778 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3830984790 |
In May 2015 an international conference organised by the University of Cyprus and the Cypriot Department of Antiquities was held in Nicosia - a conference, which could well be called the largest ever symposium on ancient Salamis. During the three-day event some 60 scholars from many countries presented their current research on this important and spectacular archaeological site on the east coast of the island of Cyprus. Two generations of scholars met in Nicosia during the conference: an older one, whose relationship with ancient Salamis can be characterized as very direct, since many representatives of that generation had actively participated in the extremely productive excavations at that spot, until these activities came to an abrupt end in the summer of 1974 due to the Turkish invasion - and a younger generation, which is of course lacking this very direct contact. The conference successfully connected the older with the younger generation, and thus contributed to maintaining and renewing the interest in ancient Salamis. This richly illustrated book compiles most of the lectures presented during the conference. It might be regarded as a tribute to Salamis, an outstanding ancient city, which existed for more than one and a half millennia - eventually under the name of Constantia.
A Victor of Salamis
Author | : William Stearns Davis |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The invasion of Greece by Xerxes, with its battles of Thermopylæ, Salamis, and Platæa, forms one of the most dramatic events in history. Had Athens and Sparta succumbed to this attack of Oriental superstition and despotism, the Parthenon, the Attic Theatre, the Dialogues of Plato, would have been almost as impossible as if Phidias, Sophocles, and the philosophers had never lived. Because this contest and its heroes-Leonidas and Themistocles-cast their abiding shadows across our world of to-day, I have attempted this piece of historical fiction. Many of the scenes were conceived on the fields of action themselves during a recent visit to Greece, and I have tried to give some glimpse of the natural beauty of "The Land of the Hellene,"-a beauty that will remain when Themistocles and his peers fade away still further into the backgrounds of history.
Soldiers of Salamis
Author | : Javier Cercas |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2020-01-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1984899902 |
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel of the Spanish Civil War, a modern classic, and a searing exploration of the unknowability of history, by the acclaimed author of Outlaws In the waning days of the Spanish Civil War, an unknown militiaman discovered a Nationalist prisoner who had fled a firing squad and taken refuge in the forest. But instead of killing him, the soldier simply turned and walked away. The prisoner, Rafael Sánchez Mazas—writer, fascist, and founder of the Spanish Falange—went on to become a national hero and ultimately a minister in Franco's first government. The soldier disappeared into history. Sixty years later, Javier Cercas—or at least, a character who shares his name—sifts through the evidence to establish what really happened that day. Who was the soldier? Why didn't he shoot? And who was the true hero in the story? Every answer yields another question in this powerful and elegantly constructed novel about truth, memory, and war.