Why Statesman Themistocles became a Refugee in Persia ?

Question

I have seen a titile in amazon:"The Life and Journey of Athenian Statesman Themistocles (524-460 B.C.?) As a Refugee in Persia"

Answer 1

Themistocles played a role in the founding of Piraeus as Athens' new harbor, and it is certain that the Athenians thought he was becoming too powerful. Therefore, he was ostracized and settled in Argos, where -in spite of his exile still an Athenian nationalist- he continued an anti-Spartan policy, until the Spartans informed the Athenians that Themistocles was negotiating with king Xerxes. This was probably untrue, but the Athenians converted the ostracism into a death sentence, and the Argives extradited him.

Themistocles was able to escape, but where did he have to go? In the end, he choose Persia. After all, it was believed in Greece that he had wanted to betray Athens to the Persians, and perhaps the great king believed this strange rumor too. So, Themistocles settled in Magnesia in Asia Minor. Our sources are unclear about the name of the Persian king who offered asylum. It may have been Xerxes himself, in which case the Athenian arrived in the first half of the 460's; or it may have been Xerxes' son Artaxerxes, who succeeded to the throne in 465.

According to Plutarch:
When he was introduced to the king, and had paid his reverence to him, he stood silent, till the king commanding the interpreter to ask him who he was, he replied, "O king, I am Themistocles the Athenian, driven into banishment by the Greeks. The evils that I have done to the Persians are numerous; but my benefits to them yet greater, in withholding the Greeks from pursuit, so soon as the deliverance of my own country allowed me to show kindness also to you. I come with a mind suited to my present calamities; prepared alike for favours and for anger; to welcome your gracious reconciliation, and to deprecate your wrath. Take my own countrymen for witnesses of the services I have done for Persia, and make use of this occasion to show the world your virtue, rather than to satisfy your indignation. If you save me, you will save your suppliant; if otherwise, will destroy an enemy of the Greeks."

Answer 2

Themistocles (524–459 BC[1]) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian Wars. He favored the expansion of the navy to meet the Persian threat and persuaded the Athenians to spend the surplus generated by their silver mines on building new ships - the Athenian navy grew from 70 to 200 ships.

Themistocles was the son of Neocles, an Athenian of no distinction and moderate means, his mother being a Carian or a Thracian. According to Thucydides, although he lacked a proper education, he displayed marvellous analytical skills, even when required to act quickly. Plutarch, more disparagingly, remarks that he was power-hungry and willing to use any means to gain both personal and national prestige. Contrast can be drawn between his motivations and those of his 'just' rival, Aristides. Little is known of his early years, but many authors resort to the myth that he was badly behaved as a child and disowned by his father


After the crisis of the Persian invasion Themistocles and Aristides appear to have made up their differences. But Themistocles soon began to lose the confidence of the people, partly due to his arrogance (it is said that he built near his own house a sanctuary to Artemis Aristoboulë ["of good counsel"]) and partly due to his alleged readiness to take bribes. Diodorus and Plutarch both refer to some accusation levelled against him, and at some point between 476 and 471 he was ostracised. He retired to Argos, but the Spartans further accused him of treasonable intrigues with Persia, and he fled to Corcyra, thence to Admetus, king of Molossia, and finally to Asia Minor. He was proclaimed a traitor at Athens and his property was confiscated, though his friends saved him some portion of it.

Answer 3

ever since the begenning of time the greeks and persians have been fighting each other, also when alexander invaded persia, he created a place for the greeks in persia, so thenmistocies went to that place. fcker.