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The⋅mis⋅to⋅cles

  [thuh-mis-tuh-kleez]
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–noun
527?–460? b.c., Athenian statesman.
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The·mis·to·cles   (thə-mĭs'tə-klēz')   
Athenian military and political leader. After persuading the Athenians to build a navy, he led the new fleet to victory over Persia in the Battle of Salamis (480).
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Themistocles 
name of great Athenian political leader, from Gk. Themistokles, lit. "famed in law and right," from themis "custom, law, right" (see Themis) + -kles (see Damocles).
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