Wikipedia: Miltiades

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(died around 488). Aristocrat from a major family of Athens, Miltiades 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 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 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.