Mykale, a naval battle?

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Mykale, a naval battle?

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07-05-2010, 11:18 PM

Quote:Herodotus adds a bit of a twist to his narrative, he claims the Greeks at Mykale were inspired by news of victory at Plataea, fought on that very day! This seems unlikely at best, maybe not impossible but certainly improbable.

Possible: there were smoke signals and light signals, as described in Aeschylus' Agamemnon. Experiments with similar telegraphs in Spain and France in the nineteenth century proved that it could work pretty swift - news got from Madrid to Paris in about five hours, if I recall correctly.

Nevertheless: that what is possible is not always what happened. So I agree with "not impossible but improbable".

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Mykale, a naval battle? - by Dithyrambus - 07-05-2010, 06:38 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Jona Lendering - 07-05-2010, 07:17 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 07-05-2010, 07:54 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by hoplite14gr - 07-05-2010, 08:15 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-05-2010, 09:40 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Dithyrambus - 07-05-2010, 10:30 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Jona Lendering - 07-05-2010, 11:18 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-05-2010, 11:27 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Dithyrambus - 07-06-2010, 12:53 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Old Husker - 07-06-2010, 05:19 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by hoplite14gr - 07-06-2010, 06:45 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-06-2010, 07:28 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by hoplite14gr - 07-06-2010, 07:35 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-06-2010, 07:43 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Dithyrambus - 07-06-2010, 11:17 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-07-2010, 02:32 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-07-2010, 03:05 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Dithyrambus - 07-07-2010, 07:44 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-07-2010, 09:42 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-07-2010, 11:17 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-07-2010, 11:20 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-07-2010, 11:32 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-08-2010, 12:16 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Dithyrambus - 07-08-2010, 12:33 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Sean Manning - 07-08-2010, 01:56 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-08-2010, 05:23 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-08-2010, 05:35 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-08-2010, 05:55 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Sean Manning - 07-09-2010, 02:12 AM

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Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-20-2010, 01:35 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Sean Manning - 07-20-2010, 02:44 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 07-20-2010, 06:01 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-20-2010, 03:24 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Old Husker - 07-20-2010, 07:17 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-20-2010, 10:33 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Old Husker - 07-20-2010, 11:35 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-20-2010, 11:36 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 07-21-2010, 12:14 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-21-2010, 12:39 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Paullus Scipio - 07-21-2010, 01:14 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-21-2010, 01:59 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-21-2010, 09:01 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-21-2010, 04:48 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-21-2010, 10:59 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-21-2010, 11:34 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-26-2010, 04:10 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-26-2010, 06:30 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-26-2010, 08:37 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-26-2010, 09:02 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-26-2010, 09:25 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-26-2010, 09:26 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-26-2010, 09:42 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-26-2010, 10:57 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-26-2010, 11:35 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Sean Manning - 07-27-2010, 01:57 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-27-2010, 03:38 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-27-2010, 07:58 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-27-2010, 04:43 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Sean Manning - 07-28-2010, 04:39 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-28-2010, 02:23 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-28-2010, 03:08 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-28-2010, 03:13 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-28-2010, 03:39 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by MeinPanzer - 07-28-2010, 04:59 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by immortal - 07-28-2010, 10:36 PM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by Giannis K. Hoplite - 07-29-2010, 08:39 AM

Re: Mykale, a naval battle? - by PMBardunias - 07-29-2010, 10:50 AM

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