Once the Spartan force at Thermopylae had been defeated, his route by land to Athens was virtually undefended. Attica was seized by panic. The Athenians sought the wisdom of the Oracle of Delphi.

great-grandfather of Cleisthenes of Athens, who had made the family rich. He did so by giving all the assistance in his power to a group of Lydians seeking passage to the Oracle at Delphi.