Arsames (son of Darius I)

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Arsames ( old Persian Aršama ; † 480 BC at Salamis ) was a member of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty in the 5th century BC. He was a son of the Great King Darius I and Artystone , his full brother was Gobryas .

During the invasion of Greece by Xerxes I in 480 BC. Arsames led the Ethiopian and Arab contingent. He was probably killed in the sea ​​battle of Salamis , provided that he was identical to the person named by Aeschylus . In an earlier stanza that Arsames is referred to as "Lord of St. Memphis ", which occasionally leads to confusion with the later living satrap Arsames .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Herodotus , Historíai . 7, 69, 2.
  2. ↑ Aeschylus , Persai . Line 308.
  3. ↑ Aeschylus, Persai. Lines 36-37.
personal data
SURNAME Poor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aršama
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Achaemenid, son of the great king Dareios I.
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 480 BC Chr.
Place of death Salamis