Callias
Callias was the head of a wealthy Athenian family, and fought at the battle of Marathon (490) in priestly attire. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Some time after the death of Cimon, probably about 445 BC, he was sent to Susa to conclude with Artaxerxes I, king of Persia, a treaty of peace afterwards misnamed the peace of Cimon. Cimon had nothing to do with it, and he was totally opposed to the idea of peace with Persia. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At all events Callias's mission does not seem to have been successful; he was indicted for high treason on his return to Athens and sentenced to a fine of fifty talents. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ His son, Hipponicus was also a military commander. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ See Herodotus vii. 151; Diod. Sic. xii. 4; Demosthenes, De Falsa Legatione, p. 428; Grote recognizes the treaty as a historical fact, History of Greece, ch. xlv., while Curtius, bk. iii. ch. ii., denies the conclusion of any formal treaty; see also Ed. Meyer, Forschungen., ii.; JB Bury in Hermathena, xxiv. (1898). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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