Title: Histories.
Authors: Herodotus.; Bowie, Angus M.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. Early works to 1800.
Abstract: The Battle of Salamis was the first great (and unexpected) victory of the Greeks over the Persian forces under Xerxes. This battle forms the centre-piece of Book 8 of Herodotus' Histories.
Contents: Medes and Persians -- Greeks and Persians -- Xerxes in Herodotus -- Achaemenid campaigns -- The battles of Book 8 -- Structure and narrative modes -- The language of Herodotus -- Life of Herodotus -- The text.