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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

When the Persians sailed against EUBOEA in 490 BCE, the Eretrians requested aid from ATHENS. However, Herodotus reports, the Eretrians were still undecided about whether to resist or submit. When Athenian forces arrived, Aeschines, a leading citizen of ERETRIA, warned them of the situation and begged them to leave before they too could be destroyed by the Persians (6.100). After a six‐day SIEGE, Eretria was betrayed by two other leading citizens, EUPHORBUS and PHILAGRUS (6.101.2); the Persians sacked the city and enslaved the populace, who were eventually relocated to ARDERICCA near SUSA (6.119). Aeschines was a common name at Eretria; nothing more is known of this man (LGPN I, 20 (no. 11)).

SEE ALSO: Ionian Revolt; Migration; Persia; Prisoners of War; Slavery; Treachery