Eurybiades

Eurybiades in Wikipedia

Eurybiades (Greek: Εὐριβιάδης) was the Spartan commander in charge of the Greek navy during the Persian Wars. He was the son of Eurycleides, and was chosen as commander in 480 BC because the other Greek city-states, worried about the growing power of Athens, did not want to serve under an Athenian,[citation needed] despite the Athenians' superior ...

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Eurybiădes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

(Εὐρυβιάδης). A Spartan, commander of the combined Grecian fleet at the battles of Artemisium and Salamis. Although Sparta sent only ten ships, he was appointed to this office, by the desire of the allies, who refused to obey an Athenian (Herod.viii. 3). See Themistocles....

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