 Masistes was one of the six chief marshals of the Greek campaigns of Xerxes (480-479 BC).Along with general Mardonius, he commanded the army column that crossed Thrace along the coast; however, he was almost completely absent during the course of the war, including the battles of Salamis and Plataea.He reappeared close to the end of the war, when he fought in the Battle of Mycale (479 BC).