Fulfilling the will of his father, the great Darius, Xerxes gathered a huge army and invaded Greece to crush Athens. And now he stands among the smoking ruins of this symbol of freedom of the Ancient World. The Athenians took refuge on the island of Salamis, and all their hopes were connected with the Greek fleet created by Themistocles. The forces are unequal, victory on land is impossible, the fleet is locked in a narrow strait. And Themistocles resorts to cunning, putting everything on the line: both his life and his glorious name. For the first time in Russian!