What Really Happened At Salamis War?

Salamis War
By: Aglaia Marina

The persians had victories at both Artemisium and Thermopylae. The battle of Artemisium was in 480 B.C. It was against the Persians and the Greeks. The battle took place in Artemisium. The Persians won the war. (Battle of Artemisium) At Thermopylae the Persians fought against the Spartans and the Persians won. It was a long battle against the two, Sparta was winning in the beginning and killing many Persians. In the end the Persians shot many arrows at the Spartans to finish them off. (Battle of Thermopylae) In September of 480 B.C. King Xerxes then takes his army to Athens and captured it. The Greek navy was on the isle of Salamis, which is right next to Athens. Early in the morning of a September day the Persians entered a narrow straight, this was between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city. Themistocles, the leader of Greeks army, took his army to destroy the Persians. Xerxes watched his ships and a third of his amy get defeated by a nearby hill. At the end of the day a third of the army was defeated. Xerxes then took the
remaining army to Isthmos, to be protected. The Greeks did not follow the Persian army. If the Persian army had their navy then they may have been successful. A total of 200-300 ships were destroyed on both sides. The Persian army was not totally destroyed, but they were defeated. This lead to a Greek victory. (Salamis) I got to interview with Xerxes after the battle, I asked him some questions.
First, I asked him what happened in and he said “It was an extremely devastating day for us, we were beaten by the Greeks and we could have won if we had our navy there to back us up. Many of our ships were destroyed, Approximately 200 and a third of our army was defeated, we escaped to Isthmos, the Greeks did not follow us”. Then I asked where he was when the army got beaten, he said “I was standing on a nearby hill, it was a foggy day with clouds overhead. It was extremely sad to watch a third of my army get defeated in one day. With what we had there was no way to defend the ships.” Then I asked him what him and his army are going to do next and he said “My army and I are not done, we will fight until we win. We will not give up, we will do everything it takes to defeat the
Greeks.”
Olympics of 472 B.C.
By: Aesop Nikon

The games were at Olympia, Greece and a five day long festival, no women were allowed to watch and only Greeks were allowed to participate. On the first day of the 472 B.C. Olympics they gave thought to sacrifices, men were sacrificed in honor of God. Athletes also prayed and made sacrifices. One the second day they had one of the main events of the Olympics, this is the foot-race. This was safe and fun sport. There were four types of races on this day they all had to do with running. On the other days they had wrestling, boxing, and pancratium. Pancratium was a combination of wrestling and boxing. Boxing was the most dangerous. These three were the most liked sports besides horse-racing. Horse-racing was a popular sport, the people who entered owned their own horses. People who owned horses were very wealthy, it was a very popular sport. The rase was 6 laps, the owners had to pay for food and training. This has been one of the most popular and one of the most dangerous sports of the Olympics. The Olympics have always been and will continue to be popular. (Olympics)