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Themistocles' message to Xerxes Persian & Medean warriors. 6-5th BC - Audience Hall of Darius I, Persepolis, Iran According to Herodotus, Themistocles sent his slave Sicinnus in a boat to Xerxes ...
Themistocles. Themistocles (?524 BC-?460 BC [1]) was an Ancient Greek Athenian [1] politician and general. He fought against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon as a young man [source?]. He later persuaded Athens to build a navy [2] which he commanded in the engagement against the Persians at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.
Ancestrais e infância. Segundo Plutarco, a sua família era obscura; seu pai, Néocles, era do demo Frearriano, da tribo Leonte. [2] [ Nota 1]. A sua mãe, segundo seu epitáfio, se chamava Abrotono, e era da Trácia. [2]
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Themistocles was born no later than 524 bc into an aristocratic family in Athens. The first recorded event of his life was his election in 493 as archon, the chief judicial and civilian officer of Athens. After the battle of Marathon, the Greeks were sure the Persian threat was over. Themistocles, however, was sure the Persians would come again.
Themistocles, Neocli filius, Atheniensis. huius vitia ineuntis adulescentiae magnis sunt emendata virtutibus, adeo ut anteferatur huic nemo, pauci pares putentur . [ 2 ] sed ab initio est ordiendus. pater eius Neocles generosus fuit. is uxorem Acarnanam civem duxit, ex qua natus est Themistocles. qui cum minus esset probatus parentibus, quod et ...
