In Footprints on the Seashore,there is a passage that runs-- "and let me exercise my oratory like him of Athens who bandied words with an angry sea and got the victory." Who does the author is referring to?

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In Footprints on the Seashore,there is a passage that runs--
"and let me exercise my oratory like him of Athens who bandied
words with an angry sea and got the victory." Who is the author referring to here?

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