Battle of Salamis
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battle of Salamis · the sea-fight at Salamis · Salamis · naval victory at Salamis · the final hazards of that war · the naval battle · the sea fight
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The Histories (Greek)
The Phoenicians were marshalled against the Athenians, holding the western wing toward Eleusis.
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Against Ctesiphon
Athenian naval setting and victory associated with Themistocles and with civic concern for Greek lives.
You have passed a law, fellow citizens, governing the men who steer the boats across the strait to Salamis;
Does it seem to you that Themistocles, who was general when you conquered the Persian in the battle of Salamis, was the better man, or Demosthenes, who the other day deserted his post?
On the Embassy
Earlier battle after which Athens stood in high repute in Aeschines' historical review.
In former days, after the battle of Salamis, our city stood in high repute, and although our walls had been thrown down by the barbarians, yet so long as we had peace with the Lacedaemonians we preserved our democratic form of government.
Against Aristocrates
Athenian naval victory used to argue that public achievements belong to the community.
and no man would say that the battle of Salamis belonged to Themistocles,—it was the battle of the Athenians;
Take first Themistocles, who won the naval victory at Salamis, Miltiades, who commanded at Marathon, and many others, whose achievements were not on a level with those of our commanders today.
The Histories
The decisive naval engagement between the Hellenic and Persian fleets at Salamis, ending in a rout of the Persian forces.
The Phoenicians were marshalled against the Athenians, holding the western wing toward Eleusis.
But the majority of the ships at Salamis were sunk, some destroyed by the Athenians, some by the Aeginetans.
When his ship became entangled and the crew could not free it, the others came to help Ameinias and joined battle.
The Rights of War and Peace
Naval battle marking the point after which stricter Persian navigation restrictions applied.
a prohibition, which, after the battle of Salamis, restricted any Persian armed vessel from sailing between Phaselis and the above named rocks.
Panegyricus
The decisive naval battle in which the Greek fleet, led in large part by Athens under Themistocles, defeated the Persian armada.
they were ready to give battle on the sea—they alone against twelve hundred ships of war.
Take, on the other hand, the case of Themistocles, who in the service of Hellas defeated them at Salamis:
In short, our city was so far superior while she stood unharmed that even after she had been laid waste she contributed more ships to the battle for the deliverance of Hellas than all the others put together who fought in the engagement;
History of the Peloponnesian War
The naval battle in which the Greek fleet, with Athens contributing the largest contingent, defeated the second Persian invasion.
for when conquered by sea, thinking that his power was no longer what it had been, retreated as quickly as he could with the greater part of his army.
and that when he came the second time, though we were not able to defend ourselves by land, we went on board our ships with all our people, and joined in the sea-fight at Salamis;