Evacuation of Athens
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
sailed to the neighboring island · the abandonment of the city · they abandoned the city
in the texts
Panegyricus
The mass evacuation of the Athenian population from the city to the island of Salamis ahead of the Persian advance.
for when they were not able to marshal themselves against both the land and the sea forces at once, they took with them the entire population, abandoned the city, and sailed to the neighboring island, in order that they might encounter each force in turn.
Themistocles
The mass evacuation of Athenian citizens, families, and sacred objects to Troezen, Aegina, and Salamis before the Persian occupation.
When the entire city was thus putting out to sea, the sight provoked pity in some, and in others astonishment at the hardihood of the step;
He says that when the Athenians were going down to the Piraeus and abandoning their city, the Gorgon’s head was lost from the image of the goddess;
Upon the passage of this bill, most of the Athenians bestowed their children and wives in Troezen, where the Troezenians very eagerly welcomed them.