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| − | '''Miltiades''' (c.[[550 BC]]–[[489 BC]]) was an aristocrat from a major family of [[Athens]]. He made himself ruler of [[Gallipoli]] in [[ | + | '''Miltiades''' (c.[[550 BC]]–[[489 BC]]) was an aristocrat from a major family of [[Athens]]. He made himself ruler of [[Gallipoli]] in [[Thrace]], and probably fought against [[Darius I]] and his Persian forces. He was overthrown in [[492 BC]], after which he fled to Athens and soon served the city-state as a general. |
While leading a military expedition to the [[Crimea]]n peninsula (a major source of grain for the Athenians) he married Hegesipyle, the daughter of [[Olorus]] the King of [[Thrace]]. | While leading a military expedition to the [[Crimea]]n peninsula (a major source of grain for the Athenians) he married Hegesipyle, the daughter of [[Olorus]] the King of [[Thrace]]. | ||
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Miltiades (c.550 BC–489 BC) was an aristocrat from a major family of Athens. He made himself ruler of Gallipoli in Thrace, and probably fought against Darius I and his Persian forces. He was overthrown in 492 BC, after which he fled to Athens and soon served the city-state as a general.
While leading a military expedition to the Crimean peninsula (a major source of grain for the Athenians) he married Hegesipyle, the daughter of Olorus the King of Thrace. Their son Kimon was a major figure of the 470s and 460s BC.
Miltiades was elected one of the 10 generals (strategoi) for 490/489, and is often credited with the tactics that defeated the Persians in the Battle of Marathon that year. He was later branded as a traitor and sent to prison in 489 BC.
