Scholarship

• “the battle was more than just victory or defeat, but rather the triumph or failure of a way of life” - Paul Cartledge on Battle of Salamis
• "perhaps Herodotus was hinting at a more idealistic Greece” - Rosalind Thomas on Herodotus
• "Not massively hostile to Persians, not massively favourable to Greeks"- Paul Cartledge on Herodotus
• "He is composing his history of Persian wars when Greek wars are brewing" - Paul Cartledge on Herodotus
• "Golden age would have been jepardised" - Paul Cartledge on Impact of the Persian Wars