Zopyros II.
Zopyros ( Greek Ζώπυρος ), son of Megabyzos and Amytis , daughter of the Persian great king Xerxes I , was a Persian nobleman in the great empire of the Achaemenids in the 5th century BC. Chr.
Together with his brother Artyphios , Zopyros supported from 448 BC. His father in his revolt against the great king Artaxerxes I , until the father was reconciled with the king after a successful fight. After the father's death around 440 BC And his mother, Zopyros left for Athens and made himself available to the Deli-Attic League as a general against Persia. During the siege of Kaunos on the coast of Asia Minor it was probably around 429 BC. Killed by a stone's throw from a defender. His maternal grandmother, Queen Mother Amestris , had the townspeople crucified for this purpose.
Zopyros may have served as an informant for the historians Herodotus and Thucydides . However, this is a controversial assumption in research.
literature
- Rudolf Engel: Zopyros 2). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 1560.
Remarks
- ↑ Thucydides 1:109; Ktesias , Persika , FGrH 688 F 14 § 45.
- ↑ Herodotus 3, 160; Ktesias, Persika , FGrH 688 F 14 § 45.
- ↑ Ktesias, Persika , FGrH 688 F 14 § 45.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zopyros II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ζώπυρος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian nobleman and general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |