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Micion

3rd century BCE · 3rd century BCE · Also known as Micion of Kephisia

Micion of Kephisia was an Athenian statesman who, with his brother Eurycleides, directed the city's affairs in the later third century BCE. In 229 BCE they secured the withdrawal of the Macedonian garrisons from Piraeus and Attica by paying their commander Diogenes, and they followed a policy of neutrality and good relations with Ptolemaic Egypt.

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