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- In the movie The 300 Spartans (1962), Themistocles is portrayed by the actor Ralph Richardson
- In the film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) T. E. Lawrence, played by actor Peter O'Toole, quotes Themistocles saying, "I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city."
- The historical novel Farewell Great King by Jill Paton Walsh follows the life, until death, of Themistocles. It is based primarily upon the Life of Themistocles and Life of Aristides from Plutarch.
- The historical novel "A victor of Salamis; a tale of the days of Xerxes, Leonidas and Themistocles" by William Stearns Davis follows the life, until death, of Themistocles.
- Themistocles appears as a character in The Ionia Sanction, by Gary Corby
- Temistocle (1772), opera by Johann Christian Bach
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