Melissus
When he had sailed off, Melissus, son of Ithagenes, a philosopher who was then in command at Samos, despising the small number of their ships or the inexperience of their commanders, persuaded his fellow-citizens to attack the Athenians. In the battle that followed, the Samians were victorious. They captured many men and destroyed many ships, thereby gaining control of the sea and acquiring war-supplies of which they had previously been short. – Plutarch, Pericles xxvi 166CD
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