THEMISTOCLES, the renowned Athenian admiral,
general, and patriot, who gained the battle of Salamis against
the Persians. Being banished his country by his ungrate-
ful fellow-citizens, he fled to Artaxerxes king of Persia;
but, in order to avoid taking up arms against his country,
he slew himself, 464 B. C. See ATHENS.