Syloson
Sign in to savethumb|Coinage of Samos at the time of Syloson. Circa 500-494 BCE. Syloson (, gen.: Συλοσῶνος) governed Samos as a vassal ruler on behalf of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He was appointed by king Darius I and was the brother of Polycrates of Samos.
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- politician
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- Ancient Greek
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thumb|Coinage of Samos at the time of Syloson. Circa 500-494 BCE. Syloson (, gen.: Συλοσῶνος) governed Samos as a vassal ruler on behalf of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He was appointed by king Darius I and was the brother of Polycrates of Samos.
When Polycrates became tyrant of the island he exiled Syloson. Syloson went to Egypt, where he stayed until a "flame-coloured mantle" he was selling brought him in contact with Darius I of Persia. At the time Darius I of Persia was a spearman in Cambyses II of Persia's army. Syloson saw how much Darius liked the mantle and gave it to him for free.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Syloson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.