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Siege of Eion - 475 B.C.

Eion is a town to the northeast of the Greek mainland. It sits at the mouth of the Strymon River which flows into the Aegean from the interior of Thrace. It is referred to in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War as a place of considerable strategic importance to the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War.

Eion was occupied by the Persians in 476 BC in the aftermath of the Persian Wars. It was then captured by the Delian League in 475 BC under the leadership of the Athenian general Kimon. The inhabitants were enslaved. The capture of Eion was the beginning of a military campaign undertaken by the newly formed Delian League, whose objective was to clear the Aegean Sea of Persian fleets and pirates in order to facilitate Athenian access to the Hellespont.

cont:..Siege of Scyros

References:

'The history of the Peloponnesian Wars' by Thucydidies (written c431 B.C),translated by Richard Crawley 1910.

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