Eurybiades

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Eurybiades was a Spartan naval commander who led the Greek allied fleet against the Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Eurybiades canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan
ancient Greek person
military leader
naval commander
activePeriod early 5th century BC
alliedWith Athens
Themistocles
associatedWithEvent evacuation of Athens before the Battle of Salamis
citizenship Sparta
commanded Greek allied fleet
commandedInBattle Battle of Artemisium
Battle of Salamis
commandStructure Hellenic League naval forces
contemporaneousWith Themistocles
Xerxes I
ethnicity Greek
gender male
historicalRegion Classical Greece
historicity generally accepted as historical person
knownFrom works of Herodotus
surface form: Herodotus' Histories
language Ancient Greek
militaryAlliance Hellenic League
militaryConflict Greco-Persian Wars
surface form: Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC)
militaryRank naval commander
notableFor commanding the Greek fleet at the Battle of Artemisium
commanding the Greek fleet at the Battle of Salamis
opposed Achaemenid Empire
Persian fleet
surface form: Persian navy
participatedIn Greco-Persian Wars
Greco-Persian Wars
surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece
represented Sparta in the allied command
role overall commander of the Greek allied fleet
sourceType ancient historiography
strategicDecision supported fighting at Salamis rather than withdrawing to the Isthmus

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Battle of Salamis GreekCommander Eurybiades
Battle of Artemisium commander Eurybiades