Details:
Condition: New
Material: Copper Plated Alabaster
Height: 15 cm - 5,9 inches
Width: 6 cm - 2,4 inches
Length: 9 cm - 3,5 inches
Weight: 410 g
Themistocles
(c. 524 - c. 460 BCE) was an Athenian statesman and general (strategos)
whose emphasis on naval power and military skills were instrumental
during the Persian wars, victory in which ensured that Greece survived
its greatest ever threat. As the historian Thucydides stated in his
History of the Peloponnesian War, 'Themistocles was a man who exhibited
the most indubitable signs of genius; indeed, in this particular he has a
claim on our admiration quite extraordinary and unparalleled.'
(1.138.3). A brilliant strategist and canny politician he was perhaps a
little too thirsty for glory and power for his own good but Themistocles
was, without doubt, one of the most important and colourful figures of
Classical Athens.
RC 639-1 ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ - 7,9