Miltiades
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Miltiades or Miltiadis is a Greek name. Several historic persons have been called Miltiades (Μιλτιάδης).
- Miltiades the ElderMiltiades the ElderMiltiades the Elder was a member of an immensely wealthy Athenian noble family, the Philaids. He is said to have opposed the tyrant Peisistratus, which may explain why he left Athens around 550 BC to found a colony in the Thracian Chersonese . The colony was semi-independent of Athens and was...
(died c. 524 BC) wealthy Athenian, and step-uncle of Miltiades the Younger - Miltiades the YoungerMiltiades the YoungerMiltiades the Younger or Miltiades IV was the son of one Cimon, a renowned Olympic chariot-racer. Miltiades considered himself a member of the Aeacidae, and is known mostly for his role in the Battle of Marathon; as well as his rather tragic downfall afterwards. His son Cimon was a major Athenian...
(c. 550–489 BC), tyrant of the Thracian Chersonese and the Athenian commanding general in the Battle of Marathon - Pope MiltiadesPope MiltiadesPope Saint Miltiades, also called Melchiades , was pope from 2 July 311 to 10 January 314.- Origins :He appears to have been a Berber African by birth, but of his personal history nothing is known.- Pontificate :...
(died 314), African saint and pope
Other people named Miltiadis
- Miltiadis EvertMiltiadis EvertMiltiadis Evert , was a Greek politician, a member of Parliament, Government minister, and ex-chairman of the New Democracy party.Evert was born in Athens, Greece, the son of the Athens police chief Angelos Evert. He studied at the Athens School of Economics and Business Science...
, Greek politician, born 1939 - Miltos GkougkoulakisMiltos GkougkoulakisMiltos Gougoulakis is a Greek football player who last played for Saronikos F.C. in the Gamma Ethniki.Gougoulakis played for Egaleo in the Greek Super League during the 2003–04 season.-References:...
, Greek footballer, born 1977 - Miltiadis GoulimisMiltiadis GoulimisMiltiadis Goulimis was a Greek politician from Missolonghi. In the Greek elections on April 16, 1895, he defeated the former Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis and won the regional seat, leaving Trikoupis out of the Hellenic Parliament....
, Greek politician, born 1844 - Miltiadis IatridisMiltiadis IatridisMiltiadis Iatridis was a Greek naval officer active during World War II.He was born in the village Sofiko in the Peloponnese. He entered the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1921 and graduated in 1926. By the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in 1940 he was captain of the submarine Papanikolis with the...
, Greek naval officer in World War II, born 1906 - Miltiadis Manakis, one of the Manakis brothersManakis brothersThe brothers Ianachia and Milton Manachia were pioneering photographers and filmmakers in the Balkans. In 1905 they filmed the first motion pictures in the Balkans in Ottoman Monastir...
, Greek pioneering photographer and filmmaker, aka Milton Manachia, born 1882 - Miltos SachtourisMiltos SachtourisMiltos Sachtouris or Miltos Sahtouris was a Greek poet. He was a descendant of Giorgos Sachtouris. When he was young he adopted the pen name Miltos Chrysanthis...
, Greek poet, born 1919 - Miltiadis SapanisMiltiadis SapanisMiltiadis Sapanis is a Greek football player, who now plays for Agrotikos Asteras.-Club career:Sapanis previously played for Paniliakos, Panathinaikos FC and AEK Athens in the Greek Super League. He won the double with Panathinaikos in season 2003-04. He also played for Cypriot side APOEL where he...
, Greek footballer, born 1976