[1] Born to the wealthy Athenian family that provided slaves to the state-owned silver mine of Laurion, Callias was one of the richest men in Athens.
[3] Plutarch relates that after the battle, an enemy soldier confused Callias for a king and showed him where a large quantity of gold had been hidden in a ditch.
Callias is said to have killed the man and secretly taken the treasure, but rumour later spread of the incident, and comic poets gave his family the name Laccopluti, or "enriched by the ditch".
The treaty ended the Greco-Persian War and safeguarded the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from Persian attacks.
[7] Other sources claim[5] that the Athenians dedicated an altar of peace and voted special honours to Callias.