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date: 16 May 2025

Themistocles c.528–462
Greek historian and Athenian statesman 

  1. The wooden wall is your ships.
    interpreting the words of the Delphic oracle to the Athenians, before the battle of Salamis in 480 bc
    Plutarch Parallel Lives ‘Themistocles’ bk. 2, ch. 1; see Anonymous