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Antidorus of Lemnos

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Antidorus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίδωρος) of Lemnos was a soldier of classical antiquity who fought on the Persian side in the Battle of Artemisium in the 5th century BCE. He deserted with his ship to the side of the Greeks during the battle. He was the first of the trierarchs in the Persian fleet to change sides to the Greeks.[1]Antidorus was rewarded for this by the Athenians with a piece of ground in Salamis.[2]Notes[edit]Jump up ^ Rahe, Paul Anthony (2015). The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge. Yale Library of Military History. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300218602. Retrieved 2016-01-10.Jump up ^ Herodotus, The Histories viii. 11 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Antidorus". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 185.