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Updated: May 6, 2025
The reader will recollect that the Persians, on the night before the battle, had taken possession of the island of Psyttalia which was near the center of the scene of contest for the double purpose of enabling themselves to use it as a place of refuge and retreat during the battle, and of preventing their enemies from doing so. Now Aristides had no command.
The Persians take possession of the Psyttalia. The Greeks hemmed in. Aristides. He makes his way through the Persian fleet. Interview between Aristides and Themistocles. Their conversation. Aristides communicates his intelligence to the assembly. Effect of Aristides intelligence. Further news. Adventurous courage of Parætius. Gratitude of the Greeks. Final preparations for battle.
There was a small island between Salamis and the coast of Attica, that is, on the eastern side of Salamis, called Psyttalia, which was in such a position as to command, in a great measure, the channel of water between Salamis and the main land on this side. The Persians sent forward a detachment of galleys to take possession of this island in the night.
Xerxes's opinion of her valor. Progress of the battle. The Persians give way. Heroism of Aristides. He captures Psyttalia. The Greeks victorious. Repairing damages. Xerxes resolves on flight. The sea after the battle. Fulfillment of an ancient prophecy. Salamis is an island of a very irregular form, lying in the Saronian Gulf, north of Ægina, and to the westward of Athens.
In the course of the combat, when Aristides found that the services of this guard were no longer likely to be required where they were, he placed himself at the head of them, obtained possession of boats or a galley, transported the men across the channel, landed them on the island of Psyttalia, conquered the post, and killed every man that the Persians had stationed there.
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