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Battle of Salamis

History; Ancient Greece

Crucial naval battle during the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 in the Persian Wars. Desperate after the sacking of Athens (whose men and ships made up the majority of the Greek ...

Persian wars

History; Ancient Greece

Two Persian invasions of Greece. The first, a punitive expedition against Athens in 490 BC, was defeated at Marathon. The second, in 480 BC, was an all-out attempt at conquest by ...

Kalypso

History; Ancient Greece

Beautiful nymph who detains Odysseus eight years at island of Ogygia.

Klytaimnestra

History; Ancient Greece

Murderous wife of Agamemnon, lover of Aigisthos.

Kyklopes

History; Ancient Greece

One-eyed race of giants; Odysseus encounters the Kyklops Poseidon.

Ktesippos

History; Ancient Greece

One of Penelope's suitors; killed by the cowherd.

Agamemnon

History; Ancient Greece

King of Mycenae; Greek leader at Troy, murdered by his wife Klytaimnestra and her lover Aigisthos on his return home; brother of Menelaos.