Themistocles is a name that conjures up many adjectives and epithets – visionary, outsider, the architect of Athenian maritime success, and, ultimately, the exile who ended his days living among his once-enemies. Michael Scott discussed his new biography with the Editor.
Picture the straits as plumes of smoke rise above the abandoned Acropolis of Athens just a handful of miles away. The Persian armada lies in wait and the King of Kings, Xerxes, watches from the shore. An unlikely Greek alliance wavers on the brink of certain defeat,...
