Chapter I: Salamis. B. C. 480

The Island of Salamis; Xerxes; His Immense Power; His Fleet and
Army; Events Preceding the Battle; The Contending Hosts Engage
in Worship before the Fight Begins; The Greek Admiral Gives the
Signal for Action; Many Persian Vessels Sunk at the First Onset;
Fierce Hand-to-Hand Fighting; A Son of the Great Darius Falls;
Dismay Among the Asiatics; Panic-stricken; Artifice of Queen
Artemisia; She Escapes; Xerxes Powerless; He Rends his Robes and
Bursts into Tears; Resolves to Return to Asia; Greece Wins her
Freedom. I-25