• I was a Greek soldier born in the sixth century.
  • I became a vassal of King Darius I of Persia and accompanied him on his Scythian expedition of C 514.
  • I returned to Athens in 493 and played a key role in the Greek victory against the Persians at Marathon in 490.
  • The following year I attacked the island of Paros to seek to revenge a perceived grievance.
  • Failing in this I was, remarkably, captured and required to pay a fine of 50 talents.
  • I died in prison of a wound received at Paros before paying the levy.

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