Eurybiades

Eurybiades, son of Eurykleides, was a Spartan fleet commander ( Nauarch ) at the time of the Persian wars.

In 480 BC he was nominal commander in chief of the combined Greek fleet against the Xerxeszug, although the Spartans only 10 to 16 ships set ( the Athenians up to 180). First, it came to a fight at Artemisium, the Greeks retreated after the Attica. Eurybiades was inspired by Themistocles, the commander of the Athenian contingent, persuade not to withdraw the fleet, but to provide the Persians in the straits of Salamis battle. After the victory, he opposed Themistocles ' proposal to pursue the Persian fleet and cut off the Persian army to retreat across the Hellespont.

Swell

  • Herodotus ( online version of a German edition of 1824 (Google Books) )
  • Plutarch ( online version of a German edition of 1863 ( Google Books) )

Comments

  • Military person (Sparta )
  • Born in the 6th century BC
  • Died in the 5th century BC
  • Man
Navarch Xerxes I. Athens Battle of Artemisium Dardanelles
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