Artanes
Artanes , son of Hystaspes , was a member of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty in the 6th century BC.
He was a younger brother of the Great King Darius I , to whom he gave his only child, Phratagyne, and all of his possessions in marriage. His grandchildren, Abrokomas and Hyperanthes , fell in 480 BC. In the battle of Thermopylae .
literature
- Pierre Briant : From Cyrus to Alexander. A History of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake 2002, p. 132.
- Friedrich Cauer : Artanes 3). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 1305.
Remarks
- ↑ Herodotus : Historíai. 7, 224.
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| SURNAME | Artanes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Achaemenid, brother of the great king Dareios I. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |