Qualla: Battle of Amorgos https://qualla.com/battle-of-amorgos en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Amorgos https://qualla.com/battle-of-amorgos Battle of Amorgos: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-amorgos/ The Athenians who rowed home from Amorgos in late June 322 BC were towing the wrecks of three or four of their own ships. To anyone watching from shore, this looked like victory - the side with the wrecks was usually the side that had won. Athens celebrated for two or three days. Then the rest of the fleet arrived, and people began to do the math: Macedonian admiral Cleitus had let them keep their wrecks, and that meant something else had happened. What happened off Amorgos was the end of Athenian sea power, the end of Athenian democracy, and the quiet beginning of the Hellenistic age.

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/6/p/battle-of-amorgos-wp/sw6p-battle-of-amorgos-after-alexander.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Amorgos: The Fleets https://qualla.com/battle-of-amorgos/ Athens still had money, even in decline. The fleet she put to sea in 323-322 BC numbered around 170 ships under the admiral Euetion: two quinqueremes (the city's biggest), some quadriremes, and the rest triremes. The Macedonian fleet, under an admiral with the spectacular name of...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/6/p/battle-of-amorgos-wp/sw6p-battle-of-amorgos-the-fleets.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Amorgos: What Happened Off Amorgos https://qualla.com/battle-of-amorgos/ The sources on the battle are unsatisfyingly thin. Diodorus Siculus says only that Cleitus defeated Euetion in two naval battles 'and destroyed a large number of the ships of the enemy near the islands that are called the Echinades.' The Parian Marble, a chronicle inscribed on st...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/6/p/battle-of-amorgos-wp/sw6p-battle-of-amorgos-what-happened-off-amorgos.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Amorgos: The False Triumph https://qualla.com/battle-of-amorgos/ There is a particular pathos to the next part of the story. The Athenian fleet rowed home toward Piraeus, the wrecks under tow. From Sounion, watchers signaled to Athens that the fleet was returning with prizes. The city assumed victory. For two or three days, the agora celebrate...

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