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Cimon,1 the son of Miltiades, when his father had died in the state prison because he was unable to pay in full the fine,2 in order that he might receive his father's body for burial, delivered himself up to prison and assumed the debt. [2]

Cimon, who was ambitious to take part in the conduct of the state, at a later time became an able general and performed glorious deeds by virtue of his personal bravery.Const. Exc. 2 (1), pp. 227-228.

1 The distinguished Athenian admiral in the war between the Confederacy of Delos and the Persian Empire, and the leader of the conservative party in Athens until his ostracism in 461 B.C.

2 Miltiades was fined fifty talents for his unsuccessful attack upon the island of Paros in 489 B.C.

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