Salamis
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- Q1Who was the main Athenian leader at the time?ArtemisiaThemistoclesAristeides30s
- Q2Where in Athens did some of the population try and hold out?EleusisAgoraAcropolisSalamis30s
- Q3In what year was the battle?500BC480AD480BC30s
- Q4Who had the largest number of ships in the Greek fleet?CorinthAthensSparta30s
- Q5Which queen was fighting on the Persian side?ArtemisiumFartemisaArtemisia30s
- Q6What did she advise Xerxes to do?no fight but wait for the Greeks to give upFight now.30s
- Q7How many banks of oars did a trireme have?52330s
- Q8How many rowers were there on a trireme?17027037030s
- Q9How many hoplites would be on board the ship?10205030s
- Q10Rich people had to pay for the upkeep of a ship for a year?truefalse30s
- Q11What was the hypozomatathe battering ram on the end of the ship.A tactic to ram other shipscables running along the inside of the ship to strengthen it30s
- Q12What was the total number of the Greek ships at Salamis?38018028030s
- Q13Who was EurybiadesThe Persian GeneralThe new Spartan kingThe Spartan general in charge of the Greek fleet30s
- Q14How many ships does Herodotus say the Persians had?4072007120730s
- Q15What is the name of the playwright who wrote a play about the battle?SicinnusAristophanesAeschylus30s