Deed — 2 authors face each other below

sea-fight at Salamis

kind: battle · 480 BCE — the editor’s frame · 121 mentions across 83 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the year anchors receipt — the witness index

The 480 BCE sea-fight in the strait of Salamis, off Attica. The spine itself exposes the homonym: its 449 block records 'victory of the Athenians at Salamis IN CYPRUS' (FH II p.130) — that Cyprian engagement is a different event at a different Salamis, not this address. Year per FH II p.108 ('Salamis at the time of the Mysteries: Herodot. VIII. 65') and p.106 ('Salamis B.C. 480').

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Who fled and who fought: Herodotus reports the Athenian story that the Corinthians hoisted sail and ran — and in the same breath that the Corinthians deny it 'and the rest of Hellas bears them witness.' Plutarch splits the glory between Themistocles' stratagem and Aristides' landing on Psyttaleia.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 480 BCE on the editor’s table of years — within Olympiad 75 — and the year itself has a room at the chronology desk, 480 BCE.

· 480 BCE — date secure ·

W2 anchored 480 BCE from Clinton's spine; the oracle of the 'divine Salamis' is served in both Herodotus (7.142) and Plutarch (Them. 10).

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Herodotus · one account

8.40–8.96 the principal narrative The full battle narrative: the debate, Sicinnus' message, the strait.

Ameinias of Pallene, an Athenian, charged and rammed a ship. Hdt. 8.84

the Corinthian general Adeimantus, struck with bewilderment and terror, hoisted his sails and fled away Hdt. 8.94

Preserves the Corinthian-flight slander AND its denial — divergence recorded inside a single witness. The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · 2 accounts

8–9 the principal narrative Psyttaleia and the reconciliation of the rivals — the battle from Aristides' side.

Thus when Eurybiades wished to abandon Salamis, but the Barbarian triremes, putting out by night, had encompassed the strait Plut. Aristides 8

island lying in the straits in front of Salamis, was full of the enemy. Plut. Aristides 9

Aristides · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

10–16 the principal narrative The evacuation decree, Sicinnus, and the fight — the stratagem-centred telling.

the god in this oracle called Salamis divine, not dreadful nor cruel Plut. Themistocles 10

This man was sent to Xerxes secretly with orders to say: Themistocles the Athenian general elects the King’s cause Plut. Themistocles 12

Themistocles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and the house’s first pass counts 77 more episodes beyond these anchors.

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Themistocles — 18 episodes shared Xerxes — 14 episodes shared Aristides — 10 episodes shared Mardonius — 8 episodes shared Cimon — 6 episodes shared Herodotus — 6 episodes shared Miltiades — 6 episodes shared Alexander — a candidate entry Ajax — 4 episodes shared Darius — 4 episodes shared

How this story has been fought over — the reception record; the house quotes the fighters and picks no side

How & Wells refereeing Herodotus — the audit Plutarch against Herodotus — the attack

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logoi — the words

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mythoi — the stories

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The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

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