These depictions do seem to reflect generalizations from a Greek perspective of the Greeks, represented through Themistocles, and the Persians, represented through Xerxes. Herodotus lends great weight to their individual actions, in a sense attributing the victory at Salamis that set the tone for the entire war to the cleverness of Themistocles, and the gullibility of Xerxes. This is of course still useful to historians for extrapolation as well as a framework for more research and will continue to be academically inclined, as well as
These depictions do seem to reflect generalizations from a Greek perspective of the Greeks, represented through Themistocles, and the Persians, represented through Xerxes. Herodotus lends great weight to their individual actions, in a sense attributing the victory at Salamis that set the tone for the entire war to the cleverness of Themistocles, and the gullibility of Xerxes. This is of course still useful to historians for extrapolation as well as a framework for more research and will continue to be academically inclined, as well as