Battle of Salamis

• [Herodotus] 21 Greek cities – 380 ships (200 Athenian)
• Narrow straits at Salamis benefitted smaller Greek force
• Persian discussions (Artemisia being the only one arguing against fighting at Salamis) strategies and actions
• Themistocles (Greek politician and naval strategist) sending the slave Sicinnus to trick Xerxes and its impact on forcing the fight at Salamis
• The Greeks seem to have been able to ram the Persian triremes from the side due to the narrow confines
• Xerxes watched from the headland
• Greek victory led to Xerxes’ return to Sardis and Mardonius (Persian general )being left in Greece with a much reduced force