Teaser: Themistocles Pt 2 (Patreon)

About this episode

This episode teases the bonus content about Themistocles and Athens' naval strategy during the Persian invasions.

This is a teaser of the bonus episode, "Themistocles Pt 2" found over on Patreon. A single line from Delphi forces Athens to gamble everything: “the wooden wall.” Is it an old barricade on the Acropolis, or is it the fleet Themistocles fought to build? We pick up our Themistocles series at the moment his naval policy becomes more than politics, it becomes survival, as the second Persian invasion looms and Athens races to turn shipbuilding into a workable war plan. We follow the chain o...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Selleck

Topics covered

• Ancient Greece
• Themistocles
• Persian invasion
• naval policy
• shipbuilding
• Athenian history

Keywords

• Themistocles
• Delphi
• Athens
• Persian invasion
• naval policy
• shipbuilding
• history
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Themistocles Pt 2

Places: Delphi, Athens

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