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ARISTAGORAS son of Molpagoras tyrant of Miletos
Herodotus presents him as a negative character and reduces major historical events to the level of Aristagoras’s personal motivations.
This coins have been struck around the time that Aristagoras [Ἀρισταγόρας], the tyrant of Miletos, incited the Ionian Revolt [499-493 BC] against the Persian Empire. While the Revolt began well and the rebels even burned the Persian capital at Sardes, it soon turned against them.
Miletos was recaptured by the Persians and as punishment all of the men were killed, the women and children sold into the slavery, and all the young men were made into eunuchs.
When Phrynichos [Φρύνιχος] produced a tragedy about these events a few years later he was fined by the Athenian demos for reminding them of the terrible punishment meted out to their Ionian allies.
Click for more coin images of the ancient city Miletos.
Herodotus presents him as a negative character and reduces major historical events to the level of Aristagoras’s personal motivations.
This coins have been struck around the time that Aristagoras [Ἀρισταγόρας], the tyrant of Miletos, incited the Ionian Revolt [499-493 BC] against the Persian Empire. While the Revolt began well and the rebels even burned the Persian capital at Sardes, it soon turned against them.
Miletos was recaptured by the Persians and as punishment all of the men were killed, the women and children sold into the slavery, and all the young men were made into eunuchs.
When Phrynichos [Φρύνιχος] produced a tragedy about these events a few years later he was fined by the Athenian demos for reminding them of the terrible punishment meted out to their Ionian allies.
Click for more coin images of the ancient city Miletos.