Themistocles

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Athenian general Athenian statesman military leader politician

Themistocles was a prominent Athenian statesman and general best known for championing the Athenian navy and leading Greece to victory against Persia at the Battle of Salamis.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian general → Athenian statesman → military leader → politician →
advocatedFor	strong Athenian navy →
archonshipYear	493/492 BC →
birthDate	c. 524 BC →
birthPlace	Athens →
causeOfExile	ostracism in Athens →
citizenship	Athens →
commanded	Athenian fleet at Salamis →
country	Ancient Greece →
deathDate	c. 459 BC →
era	Classical Greece →
ethnicGroup	Greek →
event	ostracized c. 471 BC →
father	Neocles →
fortified	Piraeus →
gender	male →
governed	Magnesia on the Maeander →
grantedCity	Lampsacus → Magnesia → Myus →
influenced	development of Athenian democracy →
knownFor	expansion of the Athenian fleet → fortification of Piraeus → leadership at the Battle of Salamis → naval policy of Athens → role in the Greco-Persian Wars →
language	Ancient Greek →
laterLivedIn	Argos → Persian Empire →
militaryRank	general →
officeHeld	archon eponymos of Athens → strategos of Athens →
opposedBy	Aristides the Just → Sparta →
participatedIn	Battle of Artemisium → Battle of Marathon → Battle of Salamis → Greco-Persian Wars →
proposed	use of Laurion silver to build a fleet →
served	Artaxerxes I of Persia →
source	Herodotus → Plutarch → Thucydides →
spouse	Aristotle (daughter of Lysander of Alopece) →
strategicContribution	luring Persian fleet into Straits of Salamis →
tookRefugeIn	court of Artaxerxes I →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Athenian navy → Greco-Persian Wars →	commander
Battle of Salamis →	GreekCommander
Classical Greece →	hasNotableLeader
Athenian army →	notableCommander
Classical Athens →	notableLeader