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Xerxes' Greek adventure : the naval perspective /

This volume deals with Xerxes' invasion of Greece (480 B.C.), particularly as a naval operation. It examines the traditions preserved by Aischylos, Herodotos, and others against the background of the revolutionary naval developments in the period preceding Xerxes' decision to attack. Among...

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Основен автор: Wallinga, H. T.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Серия: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 264.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Xerxes' Greek adventure.
Съдържание:
  • The Persian Wars in a naval perspective
  • The numbers of Xerxes's fleet
  • The text of Aischylos's Persians, 366-368, and the Persian battle-order
  • The battlefield of Salamis and its tactical possibilities
  • Themistokles's message and the Persian war aims
  • The seizure of Psyttaleia and the Persian plan of attack
  • The quality of the ships
  • Tactical capabilities
  • The battle of Salamis.