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:This article is about the Athenian general. For
the Pope of the same name, see Pope Miltiades.

Image:Miltiades.jpg|thumb|140px|right|Miltiades

Miltiades (c.550 BC–489 BC) was an
aristocrat from a major family of Athens. 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 BC|470s and 460s BC.
He made himself ruler of Gallipoli in Turkey, 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.
   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. 
In an expedition against the island of Paros,
which had been conquered by the Persians,
Miltiades failed to take the Paros and also broke
a leg, and was charged with treason by the
Athenian court. He was sentenced to death, but the
sentence was converted to a fine that was so
astronomical that Miltiades could not pay, and so
was sent to prison where he died. 

==Reference==
*Hammond, N.G.L., Scullard, H.H. eds.,Oxford
Classical Dictionary, Second Edition;  Oxford
University Press 1970; ISBN 0198691173

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