Battle of Salamis - The Battle of Salamis

Japanese: サラミスの海戦 - さらみすのかいせん
Battle of Salamis - The Battle of Salamis

A naval battle that took place in September 480 BC during the second expedition of the Persian Wars. After Xerxes I's army broke through the fortress at Thermopylae and burned Athens, they cornered the Greeks at the Isthmus and the nearby Gulf of Salamis, their last line of defense. Through a strategy by Themistocles of Athens, the naval battle's strategy leader, the Greek combined fleet lured the Persian Navy, which had superior manpower and equipment, into a narrow channel, where the small but maneuverable Greek warships attacked and defeated them. The Persian king, who was watching from a nearby coast, withdrew to Asia with part of his army. This naval battle decided the outcome of the war and solidified the position of the Athenian navy in Greece.

[Kazuji Toyoda]

"The Battle of Salamis" by Keiji Baba (included in "World Documents 1", 1968, Jinbutsu Oraisha)""RB Nelson The Battle of Salamis (1975, William Luscombe, London)""C. Hignett Xerxes' Invasion of Greece (1963, Oxford University Press, Oxford)"

[References] | Xerxes (I) | Themistocles | Persian Wars

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

紀元前480年9月に行われた、ペルシア戦争第2回遠征中の海戦。クセルクセス1世麾下(きか)の大軍はテルモピレーの天険を突破し、アテネを焼き払ったのち、イストモス(地峡)とその近くのサラミスSalamís湾岸の最後の防衛線にギリシア軍を追い詰めた。海戦の作戦指導者、アテネのテミストクレスの策略によって、ギリシア連合艦隊は、兵力装備ともに優位にたつペルシア海軍を狭い水道内に誘い込み、小さいが機動力のあるギリシア軍船が攻撃を加え、大敗させた。これを近くの海岸で観戦していたペルシア王は、軍隊の一部を連れてアジアへ撤退。この海戦が戦争の帰趨(きすう)を決し、ギリシアにおけるアテネ海軍の地位を不動のものとした。

[豊田和二]

『馬場恵二著『サラミスの海戦』(『世界のドキュメント1』所収・1968・人物往来社)』『R. B. NelsonThe Battle of Salamis(1975, William Luscombe, London)』『C. HignettXerxes' Invasion of Greece (1963, Oxford University Press, Oxford)』

[参照項目] | クセルクセス(1世) | テミストクレス | ペルシア戦争

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