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24 <strong>Daily</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Greeks</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> prestige won by <strong>the</strong> Spartans on account <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir bravery and<br />

self-sacrifice was enormous. On <strong>the</strong> same day, a naval battle took<br />

place <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> coast at Artemision, close to Thermopylai. Both sides<br />

suffered heavy casualties, but <strong>the</strong> <strong>Greeks</strong> did not succeed in halting<br />

<strong>the</strong> Persian advance.<br />

The Persian king Xerxes at <strong>the</strong> Battle <strong>of</strong> Salamis,<br />

480 b.c.e. Courtesy akg-images, London: Weibezahl.

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