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The Battle of Arginusae: Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War (Witness to Ancient History) by Debra Hamel; Project Muse is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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A pivotal skirmish involving nearly three hundred Athenian and Spartan ships toward the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Battle of Arginusae was at the time the largest naval battle ever fought between warring Greeks. It was a crucial win for the Athenians, since losing the battle would have led to their total defeat by Sparta and, perhaps, the slaughter and enslavement of their entire population. Paradoxically, the win at Arginusae resulted in one of the worst disasters to befall the Athenians during the brutal twenty-seven-year war. Due to a combination of factors―incompetent leadership, the weariness of the sailors, a sudden storm―the commanders on the scene failed to rescue the crews of twenty-five Athenian ships that had been disabled during the battle. Thousands of men, many of them injured, were left clinging to the wreckage of their ships awaiting help that never came. When the Athenians back home heard what had happened, they deposed the eight generals who had been in command during the battle. Two of these leaders went into exile; the six who returned to Athens were tried and eventually executed. The Battle of Arginusae describes the violent battle and its horrible afte
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- Author
- Debra Hamel; Project Muse
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781421416809
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Social Science
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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