Cornelius Nepos

“ I. Cimon, the son of Miltiades, an Athenian, experienced a very unhappy entrance on manhood; for as his father had been unable to pay to the people the fine imposed upon him, and had consequently died in the public gaol, Cimon was kept in prison, nor could he, by the Athenian laws, [1] be set at liberty, unless he paid the sum of money that his father had been fined. He had married, however, his sister by the father's side, [2] named Elpinice, induced not more by love than by custom; for the Athenians are allowed to marry their sisters by the same father ”

“ He enriched many; and he buried at his own cost many poor persons, who at their death had not left sufficient for their interment. In consequence of such conduct, it is not at all surprising that his life was free from trouble, and his death severely felt. ”