Datis
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Datis, a Mede by birth
in the texts
The Histories
A Mede appointed by Darius, alongside Artaphrenes, to command the Persian expedition against Naxos, Eretria, and Athens.
He dismissed from command Mardonius, who had fared so badly on his expedition, and appointed other generals to lead his armies against Athens and Eretria, Datis, a Mede by birth, and his own nephew Artaphrenes son of Artaphrenes;
After doing this, Datis sailed with his army against Eretria first, taking with him Ionians and Aeolians;
As his expedition was sailing landwards, Datis went on ahead and bade his fleet anchor not off Delos, but across the water off Rhenaea.
Stromata
Persian commander at the Battle of Marathon.
whence Miltiades, fittingly making use of a trackless way and the night, and attacking the Persians, whom Datis led, accomplished the victory in the contest with those whom he himself led.
Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera
The Persian general sent by King Dareius who led the invasion force that landed at Marathon.
The Plataeans, men of Athens, alone among the Greeks came to your aid at Marathon when Datis, the general of King Dareius, on his return from Eretria after subjugating Euboea, landed on our coast with a large force and proceeded to ravage the country.