The Battle of Salamis was fought in September 480 BC during the Persian Wars (499 to 449 BC). Herodotus, The Histories A. D. Godley, Ed. Artemisia was the only one who advised against a sea battle, suggesting that Xerxes instead wait offshore for what she saw as the inevitable retreat or attack the Peloponnese on shore. An Athenian/Aeginetan controversy over which ship struck first (84). The Battle of Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Ναυμαχία τῆς Σαλαμῖνος, Naumachia tēs Salaminos) was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. Europe The Battle of Salamis - 480 BC. Volgens Herodotus liepen nog twee schepen over van de Perzen naar de Grieken, één vóór Artemisium en één vóór Salamis, dus het totale aantal schepen bij Salamis zou 373 (of 380) zijn geweest. The Naval Battle at Salamis. In 1952, followers of Gregoire, G. Smets and A. Dorsinfangs-Smets, reviewed carefully not only the evidence provided by Herodotus, but also that provided by other sources, and conluded: "the very evidence itself indicates that the entire Persian fleet was not at Salamis and that only its western wing was engaged in the battle." The sacred images would protect as well as be protected. The fact that Artemisia was the ruling tyrant of Halicarnassus, in which city of Caria in Greek Ionia Herodotus himself was born, is no doubt one of the reasons why this story was known to him. [15] The Spartan crews were composed of Helots, or at best Perioikoi , The Athenian triremes were manned by lower class Athenians [ thētes ]. Modern Studies of Salamis. Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Volgens de Atheense toneelschrijver Aeschylus , die feitelijk in Salamis vocht, telde de Griekse vloot 310 triremen (het verschil is het aantal Atheense schepen). Battle of Salamis (480 BC) Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. in de zee-engte tussen Piraeus en Salamis.Het was een keerpunt van de oorlog waarmee de Perzische opmars gestuit werd. It tells of how Queen Artemisia, a Persian ally, escaped from the battle of Salamis (480 B.C.) Soon Thus, Artemisia was fearless in speaking her mind and brave in battle, but still a survivor in the latter. The battle begins. In CAH 4, 304 f. and map 9, Munro adds to this list a spoken or tacit rejection of Herodotus' and Diodorus' descriptions of the Greek order of battle by putting the Athenians on the right wing pointing towards Salamis and not Eleusis and the Aeginetans, etc., on the left wing facing south, so that the Greek seamen would have had to swim through the press of ships to reach Salamis (Hdt. 26, 27, After winning the battle at Thermopylae in August of 480 BCE, Xerxes sent Mardonius to talk to each of his naval commanders separately about the upcoming battle of Salamis. ("Agamemnon", "Hom. The September 480 B.C.E. Herodotus 8.64 tells of the images of the Aiakidai being sent for from Aegina, before the battle. Salamis was not such a battle and Artemisia seemed to know when to flee at all costs, receiving no criticism from Herodotus. Herodotus clearly believed that the Persian fleet actually entered the Straits at nightfall, planning to catch the Allies as they fled. 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