Mycale
Americannoun
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What was left of the fleet anchored under the headland of Mycale.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
At Mycale by Samos the Greek fleets had disembarked their crews and defeated the Persians almost at the doors of the Great King in Sardis.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
It is reported, also, that the news of the battle fought in Italy, near the river Sagra, was conveyed into Peloponnesus the same day, and of that at Mycale against the Medes, to Plataea.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
The Athenians accordingly withdrew to Samos, and the Peloponnesians put in at Mycale, and encamped with the land forces of the Milesians and the people of the neighbourhood.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
At the same time as this battle the remainder of the Persian fleet suffered a crushing defeat at Mycale, a promontory off the Ionian coast.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
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