Eion (476 BC) — the same event in Plutarch's Parallel Lives and Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

Plutarch's Parallel Lives: He goes to Thrace, besieges and captures Eion on the river Strymon; Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War: Cimon…

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Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 476 BC · Eion

He goes to Thrace, besieges and captures Eion on the river Strymon

Κίμων δέ, τῶν συμμάχων ἤδη προσκεχωρηκότων αὐτῷ, στρατηγὸς εἰς Θρᾴκην ἔπλευσε, πυνθανόμενος Περσῶν ἄνδρας ἐνδόξους καὶ συγγενεῖς βασιλέως Ἠϊόνα πόλιν παρὰ τῷ…
Location: Plut. Cimon 7

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War · 476 BC · Eion

Cimon takes Eion on the Strymon from the Medes and enslaves its people

πρῶτον μὲν Ἠιόνα τὴν ἐπὶ Στρυμόνι Μήδων ἐχόντων πολιορκίᾳ εἷλον καὶ ἠνδραπόδισαν, Κίμωνος τοῦ Μιλτιάδου στρατηγοῦντος.
Location: 1.98.1

Place: Eion

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