The Greco-Persian Wars by Green Peter;

Author:Green, Peter;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2014-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

. . . Eurybiades called for suggestions, from anyone who wished to speak, on the most suitable place for engaging the enemy fleet: this, he said, would have to be in some part of Greece which was still under their control — Attica was excluded, as it had already been given up. The general feeling of the council was in favour of sailing to the Isthmus and fighting in defence of the Peloponnese, on the grounds that if they were beaten at Salamis they would find themselves blocked up in an island, where no help could reach them, whereas if disaster overtook them at the Isthmus, they could at least find refuge amongst their own people. This view was, of course [my italics], most strongly held by the Peloponnesian officers. [8.49]

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