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THEMISTOCLES TRICKS THE ADMIRALS Eurybiades had determined that the fleet should stay at Salamis. But the other admirals were dissatisfied. When great numbers of the Persian ships were sighted, and …
THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS On the morning of the battle, Xerxes ascended a golden throne which had been placed for him upon a rock that overlooked the sea. Around him sat scribes ready to record the even…
THE BATTLE OF PLATAEA Mardonius stayed with his troops in Thessaly during the winter months. But in the spring of 479 B.C. he determined to win Athens from the league which she had formed with the …
THE DELIAN LEAGUE For at least forty years Sparta was the chief city in Greece, and she was the head of the league which bound the cities of Peloponnesus together. It was her brave king Leonidas who…
THEMISTOCLES DECEIVES THE SPARTANS After the battle of Plataea, the Athenians brought their wives and children back to the city, which the Persians had again left in ruins. Not only were the temples…
THEMISTOCLES IS OSTRACISED For many years Themistocles had been a favourite with the Athenians. But soon after the walls of the city were complete he began to grow less popular. Perhaps this was his…
THE ELOQUENCE OF PERICLES After the death of Aristides, Cimon became commander-in-chief of the allied fleet. Cimon was beloved by the Athenians, for he showed them great kindness. Every day he invit…
PERICLES AND ELPINICE Athens was at first the leader of the Delian League; she soon became its ruler. Many of the allied cities offered to send, as their contribution to the league, money instead of…
THE CITY OF ATHENS When the Persians entered Athens they destroyed her temples. Some of these temples had been hastily repaired, others had been hastily built, when the Athenians returned to their o…
GREAT MEN OF ATHENS Athens, in the age of Pericles, was the home of literary men as well as of sculptors and architects. Æschylus, one of the greatest men of the age, was a diligent writer of traged…
