Xerxes' Greek adventure : the naval perspective /

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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Main Author: Wallinga, H. T.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 264.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.)
Salamis, Battle of (Greece : 480 B.C.)
To 146 B.C.
Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Military operations, Naval.
Greece > History > Naval operations. > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Greece > History, Military > To 146 B.C.
Iran > History, Military.
Greece.
Iran.
History.
Military history.

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Call Number: DF225.2 .W35 2005

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE GREAT PERSIAN WAR: THE NAVAL BACKGROUND
  • THE NUMBERS OF XERXES' FLEET
  • THE TEXT OF AISCHYLOS' PERSIANS 366-68 AND THE PERSIAN BATTLE ORDER
  • THE BATTLEFIELD OF SALAMIS AND ITS TACTICAL POSSIBILITIES
  • THEMISTOKLES' 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
  • EPILOGUE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF AUTHORS AND INSCRIPTIONS CITED
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , I.J.F. de Jong and P.H. Schrijvers.