Miltiades
Son of Simon, was sent by the Athenians to take possession of the Chersonesus. On his arrival he seized some of the principal inhabitants of the country, made himself absolute in Chersonese, and married the daughter of Olorus, king of the Thracians. He was present at the celebrated battle of Marathon, where the command was ceded to him, owing to his superior abilities. He obtained the victory, but an olive crown, which he demanded from his fellow-citizens as a reward for his valor, was refused. Afterwards he was intrusted with a fleet of seventy ships, with which he proceeded to attack the Isle of Paros. At first he was successful, but afterward fortune frowned on him. He was accused of treason and condemned to death, but his sentence was, owing to his great services, commuted to a fine of fifty talents. Being unable to pay this, he was thrown into prison, where he died. In Childe Harold, canto ii., Lord Byron alludes to Marathon as "The battle-field where Persia's victim horde First bow'd beneath the brunt of Hellas' sword."