Strattis

Family: Ionian · Role: despot of Chios · First appears: Book 4 · §135–142

Life events

• The Ionian leaders adopt Histiaios's opinion instead of Miltiades's.(Book 4 · §135–142)
  • With: Histiaios Daphnis Hippoclos Herophantos Metrodoros Aristagoras of Kyzicos Ariston Aiakes Laodamas Aristagoras of Kyme
  • “forthwith all turned to this opinion, whereas at the first they were adopting that of Miltiades.”
• The Ionians resolve to break part of the bridge as a deceptive show of compliance.(Book 4 · §135–142 · 📍 Ister)
  • With: Histiaios Daphnis Hippoclos Herophantos Metrodoros Aristagoras of Kyzicos Ariston Aiakes Laodamas Aristagoras of Kyme
  • “they resolved to add to it deeds and words as follows, namely to break up that part of the bridge which was on the side towards the Scythians, to break it up, I say, for a distance equal to the range of an arrow,”
• A conspiracy to kill Strattis was exposed, and the six remaining conspirators escaped Chios.(Book 8 · §130–136 · 📍 Chios)
  • With: Herodotus
  • “These had banded themselves together and had plotted to put to death Strattis the despot of Chios, being originally seven in number; but when one of those who took part with them gave information of it and they were discovered to be plotting against him, then the remaining six escaped from Chios”

Book 4 · §135–142

• patron: Dareios “and from Ionia, Strattis of Chios”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.