Cimon
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Athenian general and statesman{$I[g]Greece;Cimon} Through skillful military leadership and diplomacy, Cimon became an important force behind the establishment of the Delian League—a Greek alliance against the Persians—and its later transformation into the Athenian Empire. Domestically, he struggled unsuccessfully against the extension of democracy in ancient Athens.
Early Life
As the oldest child of Miltiades the Younger, the victor of the Battle of Marathon, and Hegesipyle, the daughter of King Olorus of Thrace, Cimon (SI-muhn)...
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