Hystaspes (son of Darius I)

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Hystaspes ( old Persian Wištāspa ) was a member of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty in the 5th century BC. He was a son of the great king Dareios I and Atossa .

Hystaspes served as satrap in Bactria under his brother Xerxes I and led during the invasion of Greece in 480 BC. The Baktrer and Sogder ranks. He was probably the father of the Pissouthnes .

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. 55, (also: Tübingen, Universität, dissertation, 2002).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Herodotus : Historíai 7, 64, 2.
  2. ↑ Thucydides 1, 115, 4.
personal data
SURNAME Hystaspes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wištāspa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Achaemenid, son of the great king Dareios I, satrap of Bactria
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 480 BC Chr.