Type: Limited edition prints
Size: 48cm x 33cm / 33cm x 48cm
Tirage: 50 copies each
A pencil drawing of The Monument for the Battle of Salamis. Honouring the men who fought and died for Greece, a large circular tomb was built using limestone and gravel, and is highlighted with this statue. Sculpted by Achilles Vasileiou, located on the very site that overlooks the sea where the famous naval battle of Salamis took place in 480 BC.
The Battle of Salamis (Ancient Greek: Ναυμαχία τῆς Σαλαμῖνος) 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 marked the high point of the second Persian invasion of Greece. After Salamis, the Peloponnese, and by extension Greece as an entity, was safe from conquest; and the Persians suffered a major blow to their prestige and morale (as well as severe material losses).
