A Greek Soldier Recounts The Battle Of Salamis (480 BC) | Persian Empire Defeated

[@the.pandamonium]

Imagine the dread the persians must have felt upon hearing the greek battle hymn ringing and echoing out from the cliffs and crashing into your ears. I wonder if they knew they had already lost then

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

I don't think so. The Greeks were outnumbered and this made the Persians confident and careless.

[@kennethliebert4296]

I found this video to be extremely informative, as it's noy only descriptive in regards to the battle, but it's also telling of the way people viewed the world at the time.

[@Allyourbase1990]

I think it’s so awesome that we still have these writings from different soldiers thru history . These dudes were so hardcore .

[@wojtekkolo3003]

you made my day with a new film thank you!

[@anastasiossarikas5510]

Your title suggests that a Greek soldier recounted the catastrophe to Xerxes mother. Of course it was a Persian survivor who used the language crafted by a Greek participant in the battle- the tragedian Aeschylus. This description is found in his play "The Persians". Interestingly enough, this was not Aeschylus's first taste of combat against the Persians. He had fought in the Battle of Marathon, exactly ten years before. Indeed, his brother was one of the few Athenian casualties of that battle. On another note, on the day of the naval engagement of Salamis, Aeschylus was fighting on the ships. Sophocles, then a mere sixteen years old and the best dancer in all of Athens, led the victory dance on the shores of Salamis. And, finally, the greatest playwright of the three- Euripides - was born on Salamis on that same day. So, in an odd confluence of history, the three greatest ancient tragedians "met" at Salamis on the day of the battle.

[@lesliesylvan]

Aeschylus is among my favorite Greek playwrights

[@crowsbridge]

I'm glad that they won

[@tuckersmoak6632]

They loss less than 1000yrs later. rip Constantinople.

[@pabletino]

@@tuckersmoak6632 turks =/= persians, are you from USA or what?

[@OwnTrick]

@@pabletino They won plenty of times during later dynasties. And turks are muslims so technically greeks got rekt big time that to this day are irrelevant.

[@atowav2]

@@OwnTrick persians arent muslim though.

[@atowav2]

@@OwnTrick also greeks arent christian that day. Its irrelevant to compare. LMAO

[@balachandars8938]

Battle of Salamis Tamil videos any link

[@micahistory]

Great video

[@garychynne1377]

interesting words

[@onlyhomesproperties1358]

Great video i feel like i lived in 482 bc

[@cosuinofdeath]

Nice

[@vegapunk100]

Will they ever make historically accurate film based on accounts like this? 😑

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

LOL, The big difference between the Greeks and Persians was armor. And in "the 300", they wore NO ARMOR. So, you tell me.

[@vegapunk100]

@@LikeUntoBuddha 300 was based on a comic book, google it

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

@@vegapunk100 The comic book was based on a real battle, google it.

[@vegapunk100]

@@LikeUntoBuddha don't tell me your salty 😂 you said 300 is inaccurate af, I said it doesn't count because it's based of a comic book, the film makers actually had fair amount of knowledge about greek warfare

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

@@vegapunk100 They just did not use it. In the "comic book" did they wear armor? OMFG, we are learning history from comic books.

[@skylarcrothers8239]

The Battle of Salamis was devasting defeat to the Persian Empire because they lost all of its navy to an united Greece.

[@ranro7371]

Include citation in description

[@veryhairylarry1036]

nice

[@jaimecruzado3595]

When you over-confidence

[@BamBamBigelow..]

A LOT of men died that day, why we still hear about it

[@ilovechrist9780]

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 from the Bible ❤

[@leagueoflags]

Fan-tas-tic!

[@ThePilot4ever]

Must have been some quality salami to fight a war over

[@μαλακας-β4φ]

I live in that salami

[@trajananevski6280]

You wasn't battle in 480

[@raidang]

480 BC yes

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

OMFGod. The Persians were not stopped at the Battle of Thermopylae! They considered it a small hiccup. This drives me crazier.

[@HistoryUncovered]

I said they were briefly checked, not stopped.

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

@@HistoryUncovered I'm not talking about you, my friend.

[@atowav2]

@@HistoryUncovered xD

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

"Firsthand account"? The Persians "heard" the flutes of the Greeks. Right....

[@HistoryUncovered]

I changed the title since it's more of a recounting of the battle. Also, you have to understand the way Aeschylus wrote the play..

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

@@HistoryUncovered Ah, a play. I thought so.

[@HistoryUncovered]

He turned his recounting into a play, I said it in the video.

[@carbonado2432]

Sound travels pretty good over water.

[@LikeUntoBuddha]

@@carbonado2432 Yes, sounds like rowing, talking the sound of ships moving. It is a play, not history.

[@jefffriedberg]

Yeahhhhhh…makes no sense. Is meaningless.