Themistocles The Rise and Fall of Athens's Naval Mastermind
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Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
03.02.2026
Verlag
University PressesSeitenzahl
224
Maße (L/B/H)
21,8/14,2/2,3 cm
Gewicht
352 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-300-25659-8
A portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his victory at the Battle of Salamis, and his exile in Persia
"Excellent. . . . A superb introduction to the life of Themistocles and the foundations of democracy."-David Gibbins, Wall Street Journal
Themistocles (524-459 BC) came of age just as a newly democratic and empowered Athens was emerging. He would become an instrumental political and military figure, fighting in the Battle of Marathon; persuading Athenians to expand their fleet; and engineering the Athenians' defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. However, as Michael Scott demonstrates in this biography, Themistocles failed as much as he succeeded.
Scott offers a fully human picture of Themistocles, a man who could be both decisive and heroic as well as uncertain and unprepared. He was loved and hated in Athens, his plans and ideas ignored as often as they were respected. Eventually he was exiled as a traitor, ultimately settling in Persia as an adviser to Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, his foe at Salamis. And yet, in the aftermath of his death, he emerged as one of Greece's historical heroes.
In this portrait of a man Thucydides deemed one of the most illustrious Greeks of his time, Scott reveals one man's struggle to navigate the turbulent world of Athenian politics, and the crucial role of historians and biographers in shaping, and distorting, the image of Themistocles that has come down to us through the centuries.
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