Eurybiades

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Eurybiades was a Spartan naval commander who led the Greek allied fleet against the Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Eurybiades canonical 2

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
naval commander ⓘ
activePeriod early 5th century BC ⓘ
alliedWith Athens ⓘ
Themistocles ⓘ
associatedWithEvent evacuation of Athens before the Battle of Salamis ⓘ
citizenship Sparta ⓘ
commanded Greek allied fleet ⓘ
commandedInBattle Battle of Artemisium ⓘ
Battle of Salamis ⓘ
commandStructure Hellenic League naval forces ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Themistocles ⓘ
Xerxes I ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalRegion Classical Greece ⓘ
historicity generally accepted as historical person ⓘ
knownFrom Herodotus' Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
militaryAlliance Hellenic League ⓘ
militaryConflict Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
militaryRank naval commander ⓘ
notableFor commanding the Greek fleet at the Battle of Artemisium ⓘ
commanding the Greek fleet at the Battle of Salamis ⓘ
opposed Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Persian navy ⓘ
linked to: Persian fleet
participatedIn Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
Second Persian invasion of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
represented Sparta in the allied command ⓘ
role overall commander of the Greek allied fleet ⓘ
sourceType ancient historiography ⓘ
strategicDecision supported fighting at Salamis rather than withdrawing to the Isthmus ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Salamis → GreekCommander → Eurybiades ⓘ
Battle of Artemisium → commander → Eurybiades ⓘ