Xanthippus
Athenian politician and father of Pericles (c.525-475 BC) · Politicians · Lived 525 BC to 475 BC · aged 50
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Something wrong?Xanthippus was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the Greco-Persian Wars. He was the son of Ariphron and father of Pericles, both prominent Athenian statesmen.
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Jean-François Pierre Peyron. The Funeral of Miltiades, 1782, Louvre Museum. Xanthippus prosecuted Miltiades in 489 BC, leading to his imprisonment.
Ostrakon naming Xanthippus (484 BC). Stoa of Attalus, Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.
Bust of Pericles bearing the inscription "Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian." Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BC. Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums.Family
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Xanthippus was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the Greco-Persian Wars. He was the son of Ariphron and father of Pericles, both prominent Athenian statesmen. A marriage to Agariste, niece of Cleisthenes, linked Xanthippus with the Alcmaeonid clan, whose aristocratic interests he often represented in government. He was ostracized in 484 BC, likely arising from his rivalry with Themistocles, but he was recalled from exile when the Persians invaded Greece. He commanded the Athenian fleets in the Battle of Mycale and the Siege of Sestos. It is possible that he participated in the Battle of Marathon and Battle of Salamis.
Politicians born in the 530s BC 5
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