Battle of Salamis

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  • Elsa Bouchard (University of Montreal)

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The Persian fleet was defeated in this famous battle. The Greeks apparently owed their victory to a trickery of the Athenian general Themistocles.

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Bouchard, Elsa. "Battle of Salamis". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010
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