
Herodotus' Histories Vol 3
'Herodotus' Histories Vol 3' Summary
Book VIII (Urania)
- Greek fleet is led by Eurybiades, a Spartan commander who led the Greek fleet after the meeting at the Isthmus 481 BC,
- The destruction by storm of two hundred ships sent to block the Greeks from escaping
- The retreat of the Greek fleet after word of a defeat at Thermopylae
- The supernatural rescue of Delphi from a Persian attack
- The evacuation of Athens assisted by the fleet
- The reinforcement of the Greek fleet at Salamis Island, bringing the total ships to 378
- The destruction of Athens by the Persian land force after difficulties with those who remained
- The Battle of Salamis, the Greeks have the advantage due to better organization, and fewer losses due to ability to swim
- The description of the Angarum, the Persian riding post
- The rise in favor of Artemisia, the Persian woman commander, and her council to Xerxes in favor of returning to Persia
- The vengeance of Hermotimus, Xerxes' chief eunuch, against Panionius
- The attack on Andros by Themistocles, the Athenian fleet commander and most valiant Greek at Salamis
- The escape of Xerxes and leaving behind of 300,000 picked troops under Mardonius in Thessaly
- The ancestry of Alexander I of Macedon, including Perdiccas
- The refusal of an attempt by Alexander to seek a Persian alliance with Athens
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Persian Empire
Herodotus was an ancient Greek writer and geographer who was born in the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the former Persian Empire (now modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). Credited as being the...
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