The Battle of Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s / SAL-ə-miss) was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC. It resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. The battle was fought in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, and …

New Salamis Football Club is a football club based in Bowes Park, London, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at the Coles Park, White Hart Lane, London, groundsharing with Haringey Borough History. New Salamis was formed in 1971 by fans of Cypriot ...

Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta (Greek: Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus.The club is named after Salamis (or Salamina), an ancient city near present-day Famagusta.Nea Salamis Famagusta fields teams in men's football and volleyball, and …

De Slag bij Salamis was een zeeslag tijdens de Tweede Perzische Oorlog tussen de Griekse stadstaten en Achaemenidisch Perzië onder Xerxes (zoon van Darius I) die plaatsvond in september 480 v.Chr. in de zee-engte tussen Piraeus en Salamis.Het was een keerpunt van de oorlog waarmee de Perzische opmars gestuit werd. De Atheense generaal Themistocles kon …

Development and production. The Skjold-class vessels began with the development of the Royal Norwegian Navy's "Project SMP 6081", and the first preproduction version was ordered on 30 August 1996.The first ship of its class, P960, was launched on 22 September 1998 and commissioned 17 April 1999. A Norwegian Parliamentary White Paper of 2001 recommended …

The Battle of Thermopylae (/ θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː / thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I.Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian ...

Ammochostos Stadium (Greek: Γήπεδο 'Αμμόχωστος') is a multi-purpose stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus.It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the temporary home ground of the refugee team from the occupied city of Famagusta, Nea Salamis Famagusta

Greek mythology and tragedy. Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea; Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris; Ajax, by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great; Arts and entertainment Fictional characters. Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series Duckman; Marvel Comics:

Aeschylus (UK: / ˈ iː s k ɪ l ə s /, US: / ˈ ɛ s k ɪ l ə s /; Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aiskhýlos; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays.

The Cypria (/ ˈ s ɪ p r i. ə /; Greek: Κύπρια Kúpria; Latin: Cypria) is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature, which has been attributed to Stasinus and was quite well known in classical antiquity and fixed in a received text, but which subsequently was lost to view. It was part of the Epic Cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic hexameter verse.