Discussion & Signing:

“The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece - and Western Civilization”

www.barrystrauss.com/salamis.html

Professor Barry Strauss of Cornell University will discuss the battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., the most important battle in the ancient world. A heavily outnumbered Greek navy defeated the Persian armada and saved the first democracy in history. The battle also featured history's first female admiral and sailors from three continents. From Xerxes the Persian king, to Greek playwright Aeschylus, to the half-Greek queen Artemisia, tonight you can hear about some of the most fascinating figures in the ancient world.

Co-sponsored by the Hellenic Society Prometheas.

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