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The Battle of Salamis was the first great (and unexpected) victory of the Greeks over the Persian forces under Xerxes. This battle forms the centre-piece of Book 8 of Herodotus' Histories.

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Full title :Histories. / Herodotus ; edited by A.M. Bowie.

Summary

The Battle of Salamis was the first great (and unexpected) victory of the Greeks over the Persian forces under Xerxes. This battle forms the centre-piece of Book 8 of Herodotus' Histories.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:grc
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 258 pages : : maps ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521573283, 0521573289, 9780521575713, 0521575710
oclc:ocn159628612
LC Classification:PA4002
Dewey Decimal:938/.03

Medes and Persians -- Greeks and Persians -- Xerxes in Herodotus -- Achaemenid campaigns -- The battles of Book 8 -- Structure and narrative modes -- The language of Herodotus -- Life of Herodotus -- The text.

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480-480 B.C Bataille de Salamine, Grèce, 480 av. J.… Early works Early works to 1800 Greece Greek prose literature Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. --…