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Tetramnestos

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Tetramnestos(ruledc.480 – 479 BCE) was, according toHerodotus,aKing of Sidonwho assisted theAchaemenidEmperorXerxes Iin theSecond Persian invasion of Greecein 480 BCE.[1][2]Specifically, he is said to have served as the chief advisor of Xerxes in naval matters.[1]In effect, the Sidon fleet held a position of primacy among the naval forces of the Achaemenid Empire at that time, providing the best ships in the fleet, superior even to the fleet ofArtemisia of Halicarnassus.[1]The Phoenicians furnished a fleet of 300 ships, "together with the Syrians of Palestine".[1]

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  1. ^abcdKelly, Thomas (1 November 1987)."Herodotus and the Chronology of the Kings of Sidon".Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.268(268): 42–43.doi:10.2307/1356993.ISSN0003-097X.JSTOR1356993.S2CID163208310.
  2. ^Elayi, Josette (2006)."The Role of the Phoenician Kings at the Battle of Salamis (480 B.C.E.)".Journal of the American Oriental Society.126(3): 411–418.ISSN0003-0279.JSTOR20064517.