Pheidippides

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Pheidippides (sometimes given as "Phidippides" or "Philippides"), hero of Ancient Greece, is the central figure in a story which was the...
Aeschylus

Aeschylus

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Aeschylus, IPA: or, 525 BC/524 BC - 456 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy, and is...
Mardonius

Mardonius

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Mardonius (d. 479 BC) was a Persian commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the 5th century BC. He was the son of Gobryas and the...
Themistocles

Themistocles

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Themistocles (Greek: "'"'; c. 524-459 BC) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian Wars. He favored the expansion of the navy to...

Callimachus

Callimachus was polemarch in Athens in 490 BC, and was one of the commanders at the Battle of Marathon. As polemarch, Callimachus had a vote in...
Miltiades The Younger

Miltiades The Younger

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Miltiades the Younger (c. 550 BC-489 BC) was the step-nephew of Miltiades the Elder. He made himself the tyrant of the Greek colonies on the...
Aristides

Aristides

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Aristides or Aristeides was an Athenian soldier and statesman. He was one of the 10 commanders against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon under...

Datis

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Datis or Datus was a Median admiral who served for the Persian Empire, under Darius the Great. He is most notable for his joint-partcipation with...

Cynaegirus

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Cynaegirus was a brother of the Greek playwright Aeschylus. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Marathon for his attempt to seize a...
Miltiades The Elder

Miltiades The Elder

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Miltiades the Elder (died ca. 524 BC) was a member of an immensely wealthy Athenian noble family, the Philaids. He is said to have opposed the...