Cynegirus or Cynaegirus /ˌsɪnəˈdʒaɪrəs/ (Ancient Greek: Κυνέγειρος Kunégeiros or Κυναίγειρος Kunaígeiros; died 490 BC) was an ancient Greek general of...

majority were able to launch successfully. Herodotus recounts the story that Cynaegirus, brother of the playwright Aeschylus, who was also among the fighters...

and soldier Children Euphorion Euaeon Parent Euphorion (father) Relatives Cynaegirus (brother) Ameinias (brother) Philopatho (sister) Philocles (nephew)...

the playwright Aeschylus and of a hero of the battle of Marathon named Cynaegirus. He also had a sister, named Philopatho, who was the mother of the Athenian...

Amompharetus † Aristagoras † Aristocyprus † Callimachus † Charitimides † Cimon † Cynaegirus † Demophilus † Eualcides † Histiaeus † Onesilus † Perilaus † Coes of Mytilene ...

(Greek: Φιλοπαθώ), he had three famous uncles: Aeschylus, the famous poet, Cynaegirus, hero of the battle of Marathon, and Ameinias, hero of the battle of Salamis...

after the battle of Marathon, the father of Callimachus and the father of Cynaegirus had an argument about who of their sons were the bravest. Callimachus...

Commanders and leaders Miltiades the Younger Callimachus † Stesilaos † Cynaegirus † Darius I Mardonius Datis Artaphernes Strength 8,000–9,000 Athenians...

with contemporary historical events: an argument between the fathers of Cynaegirus and Callimachus (two Athenians who fell at the Battle of Marathon) as...

Polemon are his funeral orations for the Athenians generals Callimachus and Cynaegirus, who died at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. These orations are titled...