First attack was laeded by Phoenician squadron on the right wing. Against them stand the left wing of the Greeks, Athenian squadron leaded by Themistokles. In this first conflict Persian flagship, with the leader of the fleet was destroyed and Greeks gain the upper hand. On the right wing was the situation more complicated but finally Greeks win. The battle at salamis was the beginning of Greek victory in the long Greek-Persian wars. King Xerxes (He observed the fight from golden throne on the shore and saw catastrophic defeat of his fleet) never captured free Greek cities.