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Statue of Themistocles<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

H<\/strong>andmade of alabaster,and painted in museum coloured\u00a0 patina.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Themistocles\u00a0(c. 524 – c. 460 BCE) was an Athenian statesman and general (strategos<\/em>) whose emphasis on naval power and military skills were instrumental during the\u00a0Persian wars<\/a>, victory in which ensured that\u00a0Greece\u00a0survived its greatest ever threat. As the historian\u00a0Thucydides\u00a0stated in his\u00a0History of the<\/em>\u00a0Peloponnesian War<\/em>, ‘Themistocles was a man who exhibited the most indubitable signs of genius; indeed, in this particular he has a claim on our admiration quite extraordinary and unparalleled.’ (1.138.3). A brilliant strategist and canny politician he was perhaps a little too thirsty for glory and power for his own good but Themistocles was, without doubt, one of the most important and colourful figures of Classical\u00a0Athens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Battle of Salamis<\/a><\/h4>\n

In August 480 BCE the Persian army was met at the mountain pass of\u00a0Thermopylae\u00a0by a small band of Greeks led by Spartan King\u00a0Leonidas<\/a>. They held the pass for three days. At the same time the Greeks, with the Athenian contingent led by Themistocles, managed to hold off the Persians at the indecisive naval battle at Artemision.\u00a0 Such was Themistocles’ faith in his naval supremacy he ordered the abandonment of Athens..<\/p>\n

The combined Greek fleet, meanwhile, re-grouped in September at\u00a0Salamis\u00a0in the Saronic Gulf, west of Piraeus. The fleet included ships from some 30 city-states, notably from\u00a0Corinth\u00a0and Aegina, and made up a total of some 300 ships. Themistocles commanded the Athenian contingent, by far the largest in the fleet with perhaps 200 ships. The Persian fleet, although greatly exaggerated by ancient writers, was probably larger with around 500 ships.<\/p>\n

The victory of the stradegy of Themistocles<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

When daylight came the battle commenced. The Greeks held back and drew the bigger Persian fleet into the narrow straits. In addition, Themistocles knew that at a certain time of day a breeze and heavy swell would come .\u00a0 And the Persians would be unprepared for this.\u00a0 \u00a0In the confusion, the Persians had no maneuverability. Their space was further limited by more of their ships coming in from their rear.\u00a0 And their sailors had no shore to retreat to after their vessel was sunk, unlike the Greeks. Picking off the Persian ships one at a time , they were fighting for their lives and their way-of-life.\u00a0 The Greeks were victorious. Themistocles was treated as a hero and even given honours by Athens’ great rival city Sparta<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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