He led the victory over Persia at the Eurymedon River in 466 BCE and went on to use the "yoke of oxen" metaphor to advocate an aristocratic policy, in opposition to Pericles.
He led a two-year blockade of Thasos, and his exploits included expelling pirates from Scyros, clearing Pausanias out of Byzantium, and recovering the relics of Theseus. He won nineteen straight elections as strategus before being ostracized, but he so impressed his countrymen by showing up as a private, stateless man to fight with them at Tanagra that his exile was ended prematurely. He led the victory over Persia at the Eurymedon River in 466 BCE and went on to use the "yoke of oxen" metaphor to advocate an aristocratic policy, in opposition to Pericles. For 10 points, name this leading military figure of the original Delian League, noted for championing the common interests of Sparta and Athens and for being the son of the victor at Marathon, Miltiades.
He led a two-year blockade of Thasos, and his exploits included expelling pirates from Scyros, clearing Pausanias out of Byzantium, and recovering the relics of Theseus.
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