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With the 2500th anniversaries of Thermopylae and Salamis looming this year, it is fitting to stop and reevaluate these crucial battles in world history.

President Pavlopoulos has recently claimed: “Greece, faithful to its historic legacy, remains a kind of ‘outlying border’ of the West toward the East – presenting through its free spirit and civilization, a genuine and altruistic defense of peace, freedom and democracy.” But the events of 480 BC have left a complex legacy, both inspirational and more troubling. This lecture presents an account of the events of 480 BC and attempts to evaluate the legacy of the Persian Wars for the Greeks and for the West.

This event is free and open to the general public!