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CIMON
510-451 BC
Cimon's dates of birth and death are approximate.
Cimon was a politician and a military
man from Athens.
In politics, Cimon battled
Pericles.
In war, Cimon won the naval Battle at the Eurymedon against
the Persians. The year? 466 BC.
The Eurymedon is today's Köprü River in
southern Turkey. You can find the river on this map in the box "Dd".
4th
Century BC Asia Minor
CIMON'S FAMILY
This Cimon is Cimon the Younger, because Cimon the Elder
was his paternal grandfather.
Cimon's father was
Miltiades, the hero of
the
Battle of Marathon. Cimon's mother was
Hegesipyle, a princess from
Thrace.
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