11-28-2006, 01:37 PM
Something of interest regarding the Battle of Salamis.
As some of you may know, the so-called "Archimedes Palimpsest" yielded 10 pages of Hyperides. Hyperides lived from 390 or 389 B.C. until 322 B.C. and was an orator who made speeches at public meetings of the citizen assembly. He was a contemporary of Aristotle and Demosthenes and he wrote speeches for himself and for others and spoke at important political trials.
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???
As some of you may know, the so-called "Archimedes Palimpsest" yielded 10 pages of Hyperides. Hyperides lived from 390 or 389 B.C. until 322 B.C. and was an orator who made speeches at public meetings of the citizen assembly. He was a contemporary of Aristotle and Demosthenes and he wrote speeches for himself and for others and spoke at important political trials.
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???
Ioannis Georganas, PhD
Secretary and Newsletter Editor
The Society of Ancient Military Historians
http://www.ancientmilitaryhistorians.org/
Secretary and Newsletter Editor
The Society of Ancient Military Historians
http://www.ancientmilitaryhistorians.org/
