CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mardonius, Hellenic Navy, Themistocles

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: Rajiv Bhola

Document Summary

In the cover of darkness, the greek leet led artemesium to the island of salamis. In order to hide their escape, they kept their ires burning so the persians would think they were there. The persians didn"t realize they were gone unil morning. Along the way, themistokles decided to engage in some psychological warfare of his own. The greeks carved messages along the way in stone, pleading the ionian greeks that were helping xerxes to be on their side, or to at least be neutral and abandon him (defect or desert) It"s not so much for the sake of gaining ionian support so much as making xerxes fear their betrayal. Greek resistance is fueled by the events at thermopylae. Surge of pride throughout greece, despite the feuds between the many diferent polis. There is for the irst ime, a sense of poliical and cultural unity.