Ariomardus
Ariomardus was the name of a number of people from classical antiquity:
- A son of the Persian King Darius I and his wife Parmys.[1] He attended Xerxes I into Greece, being in command of the Moschi and Tibareni.[2][3]
- The brother of Artuphius, who commanded the Caspii in the army of Xerxes I.[4]
- The ruler of Thebes in Egypt, and one of the commanders of the Egyptians in the army of Xerxes.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lendering, J: "Parmys", in http://www.livius.org
- ^ Crabb, George (1825). Universal Historical Dictionary. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 108. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
ARIOMARDUS (Hist) 'Apiépapdoc, a son of Darius, who attended Xerxes into Greece. Herod. l. 7, c. 78. ARIOMAZES (Hist).
- ^ Herodotus, Histories vii, 78
- ^ Herodotus, Histories vii, 67
- ^ Aeschylus, The Persians 38, 313.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ariomardus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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