Olorus was the name of a king of Thrace. His daughter Hegesipyle married the Athenian statesman and general Miltiades, who defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC¹.

Olorus was also the name of the father of the 5th century BC Athenian historian Thucydides, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War².

References

Herodotus, Histories. A. D. Godley (translator), Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1920; ISBN 0674991338 [1]

Strassler, Robert B, ed. The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War. New York: Free Press, 1996; ISBN 0684828154

Notes

• 1 Herodotus 6.39.1 )
  
• 2 Thucydides 4.104.1