Hydarnes

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Hydarnes ( Greek: Ὑδάρνης, old Persian: Vidarna , Elamtite: Miturna / Mitarna ), son of Bagābignahyā, was a Persian nobleman of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC.

Hydarnes was in 522 BC. Besides Otanes , Ardumaniš , Gobryas , Intaphrenes , Megabyzos and Dareios one of the seven conspirators against the usurper Gaumata , whom they killed and subsequently proclaimed Darius to be the new great king. He was initiated into the conspiracy by Ardunaniš.

After the successful change of power Hydarnes served Darius I as a general against the rebellious Medes under the " King of Lies " Phraortes , whom he defeated on the 27th day of the month Anāmaka (January 12, 521 BC) in a battle near Maruš.

progeny

The descendants of Hydarnes were one of the families of the so-called "seven Persians" of the Persian aristocracy, the descendants of the seven conspirators (including Darius). Due to their identical patronyms , Hydarnes himself has two sons:

  • Hydarnes , who was involved in the invasion of Greece in 480 BC. The "immortals" commanded.
  • Sisamnes , who was involved in the invasion of Greece in 480 BC. BC commanded the Aryans.

According to Strabo , Hydarnes was also the forefather of the Armenian ruling dynasty of the Orontids .

literature

  • Pierre Briant : From Cyrus to Alexander. A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake 2002, pp. 107-113.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Herodotus , Historíai . 3, 70. Behistun-Inscription (DB), plate 4, §68 in: Roland G. Kent, Old Persian-Grammar Texts Lexicon . American Oriental Society, 1953. Ktesias of Knidos , Persika . in: The Fragments of the Greek Historians No. 688, Frag. 13, 16 [based on the edition by Dominique Lenfant ]. Hydarnes is, besides Dareios, the only one of the conspirators who was correctly named by Ktesias, while he gives wrong or strongly modified forms of name for the other conspirators.
  2. ↑ Behistun inscription (DB), panel 2, §25.
  3. ↑ Herodotus, Historíai. 7, 83.
  4. ↑ Herodotus, Historíai. 7, 66.
  5. ^ Strabo 9, 14, 15.
personal data
SURNAME Hydarnes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Idernes; Vidarna; Miturna; Mitarna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the nobility in Persia, conspirator against Gaumata
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.