Oroites

Oroites was a Persian governor in Sardis .

In 522 BC He had Polycrates of Samos captured and killed. Oroites was killed by his own bodyguard at the instigation of the Persian king Dareios I.

literature

Karl Fiehn: Oroites . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 1, Stuttgart 1939, column 1143 f. (with sources).

personal data
SURNAME	Oroites
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Persian governor in Sardis
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.