What role did Xanthippus play in the Greek victory at Mycale?

Xanthippus, the father of the Athenian statesman Pericles, played a significant role in the Greek victory at the Battle of Mycale by serving as the commander of the Athenian forces.1

After being ostracized from Athens in 484 BCE, Xanthippus returned in 480 BCE and subsequently led the Athenian contingent during the engagement at Mycale in 479 BCE. This battle, which took place on the Asian coast opposite Samos, saw the Greek fleet pass to the offensive against the Persian forces. While the Spartan king Leotychides landed troops to attack the Persian army that had beached its ships, the combined Greek effort resulted in a decisive victory that, alongside the victory at Plataea, effectively ended the Persian invasion of Greece.12