# Themistocles — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Themistocles in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Athenian general who built the navy and defeated the Persians at Salamis.

## In the story

### [LIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/lix)

Proposed a dishonorable but advantageous plan to the Athenians, which they rejected.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxxi)

Athenian exile who fled to Darius and made lavish promises to attack Greece, but poisoned himself when unable to fulfill them.

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