Artarios

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Artarios ( old Persian: Artareme ) was a member of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty in the 5th century BC. He was a son of the Great King Xerxes I with an unknown concubine.

Under Artaxerxes I , Xerxes II and Dareios II Artarios officiated as satrap in Babylonia . He is mentioned by Ktesias of Knidos ( Persika 38, 39 [after Lenfant's edition: 41, 42]). Accordingly, he was in the years after 456 BC. Sent as a messenger with an embassy to the rebel Megabyzos II. To mediate between him and Artaxerxes I. Megabyzos had recently defeated two royal armies and seriously wounded Menostanes , the son of Artarius, in the process.

The ancient Persian name of Artarios is recorded from preserved clay tablets of the Murašû family from Nippur , in which Menostanes is also mentioned.

literature

  • Hilmar Klinkott : The satrap. An Achaemenid office bearer and his room for maneuver (= Oikumene. Studies on ancient world history. 1). Verlag Antike, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-938032-02-2 , p. 54 ( review ; also: Tübingen, Universität, dissertation, 2002).
personal data
SURNAME Artarios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Persian satrap
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.