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Battle of Salamis

Historical Context Note

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The Persian fleet was defeated in this famous battle. The Greeks apparently owed their victory to a trickery of the Athenian general Themistocles.

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11193 Battle of Salamis 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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