Spitamas (Amytis)
Spitamas (* before 565 BC; † 550 BC) was, according to the reports of Ctesias of Knidos, the husband of Amytis , the daughter of the Median king Astyages .
The historian Ktesias of Knidos mentions that Asytages 550 BC After the defeat against Cyrus II fled from the battlefield to the palace in Ekbatana and was hidden there by Spitamas and his wife Amytis. In order to find out the whereabouts, Cyrus II then took Spitamas and Amytis hostage. Spitamas pretended not to know the whereabouts of Astyages. When Cyrus II angrily wanted to order the torture of both of them, Asytages surrendered voluntarily. The marriage of Amytis and Spitamas was ended by the execution of Spitamas on the grounds that Spitamas had lied to Cyrus II.
Cuneiform evidence is not available, which is why the information is doubted by historians.
literature
- Kurt Raaflaub : Beginnings of Political Thinking in Antiquity. Middle Eastern cultures and the Greeks. Oldenbourg, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55993-1 , p. 308
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| SURNAME | Spitamas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Husband of Amytis (Astyages) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 565 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 550 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Ekbatana |