A copy of Themistocles' order to evacuate Athens was discovered on stone in the back of a Greek coffee house in 1959. It reads: "The Athenians and all foreigners who live in Athens shall send ...

Themistocles remained one of the most powerful politicians in Athens for the next decade, though little mention is made of him in the surviving records. He does not seem to have played a major ...

Themistocles had an answer of his own: the wooden wall, he argued, was nothing less than the fleet they had spent these last few years hurriedly constructing. He won the day and then gave the ...

More than anything, Themistocles' ostracism was a sign of changing times. The new rising star of Athenian politics was Cimon, whose father, Militiades, had led the Greeks at Marathon. Unlike ...

Themistocles of Athens had spent years preparing for this fateful confrontation with Persia, and now his moment had arrived. But as the days of waiting wore on, and the flames of ravaged Athens ...

With his plan under threat, Themistocles was forced to take the initiative. By night he sent a messenger to the Persian king, Xerxes, informing him that the Greeks intended to flee. Unless he ...

During this turbulent time Themistocles faced a number of powerful political rivals. The most important of these was Aristides. A wealthy aristocrat known for his education, even-temper and ...

Although Themistocles (c. 525-459 B.C.) was among of the most famous Athenians, well-known as the founder of the Athenian Navy, the architect of the defeat of Xerxes’ invasion of Greece in 480-479 B.C ...

Alexia Tsatsou, the lawyer and daughter of the prominent constitutional lawyer Dimitris Tsatsos, passed away unexpectedly at ...