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It was this Miltiades who now commanded the Athenians, after
escaping from the Chersonese, and twice nearly losing his life.
First he was chased as far as Imbrus by the Phoenicians, who had a
great desire to take him and carry him up to the king; and when he had
avoided this danger, and, having reached his own country, thought
himself to be altogether in safety, he found his enemies waiting for
him, and was cited by them before a court and impeached for his tyranny
in the Chersonese. But he came off victorious here likewise, and was
thereupon made general of the Athenians by the free choice of the people.
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