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Miltiades

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

An Athenian general, famous for his decisive defeat of the Persians at Marathon, 490 B.C.; failing in a naval attack on Paros, and fined to indemnify the cost of the expedition, but unable to pay, was cast into prison, where he died of his wounds inflicted in the attempt.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Miltiades'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/miltiades.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.