Miltiades was an aristocrat from a major family of
Athens who died around [488 BC]
?.
He served Athens 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
Cimon was a major figure of the 470s and 460s.
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.
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