History of Cimon

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Cimon entered in to Politics on the staff of Aristides? in Byzantium. It was under Aristides? that Cimon grew. He entered in to politics in Athens when the people began to grow tired of Themistocles and because of this they promoted Cimon to the highest honours and offices in the state. In the years between the ostracism of Themistocles in 472 and his own loss of prestige in 461 he was the most influential Athenian.

Cimon entered in to Politics on the staff of Aristides? in Byzantium. It was under Aristides? that Cimon grew. He entered in to politics in Athens when the people began to grow tired of Themistocles and because of this they promoted Cimon to the highest honours and offices in the state. In the years between the ostracism of Themistocles in 472 and his own loss of prestige in 461 he was the most influential Athenian.