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Cimon
Cimon was an Athenian statesman and general, son of Miltiades, who led the Delian League in the decades after the Persian Wars. Around 466 BCE he destroyed a Persian fleet and army at the Eurymedon river, and in 463 BCE he reduced rebellious Thasos. A supporter of friendship with Sparta, he was ostracised in 461 BCE but later recalled, and he died on campaign in Cyprus about 450 BCE.
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