SOURCE: Podlecki, Anthony J. “Persians.” In The Political Background of Aeschylean Tragedy, pp. 8-26. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1966.
In the following essay, Podlecki explains the historical and political significance of the actions taken by the general and politician Themistocles as well as what influence these had in shaping the Persians.
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