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                <requestUrn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:M.mardontes_1</requestUrn>
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            <reply>
                <urn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:M.mardontes_1</urn>
                <passage>
                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="M"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="mardontes-bio-1" n="mardontes_1"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">Mardontes</surname></persName></head><p>(<label xml:lang="grc">Μαρδόντης</label>), a Persian nobleman, son of Bagaeus (see <bibl n="Hdt. 3.128">Hdt. 3.128</bibl>), commanded, in the expedition of Xerxes against Greece, the
      forces from the islands in the Persian gulf. (<bibl n="Hdt. 3.93">Hdt. 3.93</bibl>, <bibl n="Hdt. 7.80">7.80</bibl>.) On the retreat of Xerxes, he was left behind as one of the
      admirals of the fleet, and he fell at the battle of Mycale, in <date when-custom="-479">B. C.
       479</date>. (<bibl n="Hdt. 8.130">Hdt. 8.130</bibl>, <bibl n="Hdt. 9.102">9.102</bibl>.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.E.E">E.E</ref>]</byline></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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