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Podcast: The Danger Zone (DZ)
Episode: DZ Season 063 Part 25. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – Artemisia Female Warrior.
Description: As it became clear that the tide had turned against Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis, he made a statement remarkable for its day, but strangely one that we today, in more enlightened times, are completely comfortable with -Â My men have turned into women, my women into men.
Just now, you should be asking what the hell he meant by that.
Tag words: Xerxes;Â Battle of Salamis; Artemisia;Â John Marincola;Â Herodotus;Â Histories;Â Persians;Â Mardonius;Â Damasithymus;Â Victor Davis Hanson; Carnage and Culture;