Defender

Obeying the will of his father, the great Darius, Xerxes gathered a huge army and invaded Greece to crush Athens. And here he stands amid the smoldering ruins of this symbol of freedom of the Ancient world. The Athenians have taken refuge on the island of Salamis, and all their hopes are tied to the Greek fleet, created by Themistocles. The forces are unequal, victory on land is impossible, the fleet is trapped in a narrow strait. And Themistocles resorts to cunning, risking everything: his life and his glorious name. For the first time in Russian!