Persian Invasion of 480 BC - articles

[Eleatic Guest]

In one of his recently discovered speeches, Hyperides talks about the number of ships (220) — a number not previously clear— belonging to the Greek side in the Salamis battle.

Isn't that exciting or what???

Wow. Great! I LOVE such recently found things!

In that context, may I asked you a favour, Ioannis. There is a little known fact about the pontoon bridge of Xerxes over the Hellespont, namely that its architect was - like with Dareios earlier bridge - actually a Greek, called Harpalos (as you know, Herodot is silent about the name of the architect in his Histories). His name is recorded in the Laterculi Alexandrini, a Ptolemaic papryus found in an Egyptian grave, and edited by one German scholar Diehl in the early 1900s.

In case you have access, could you perhaps post the relevant passage here with the exact source?

Many thanks & Regards
Eleatic Guest