Masistios

Also known as: Makistios · Family: Persian · Role: commander · First appears: Book 7 · §70–85

Life events

Pharandates commanded the Mares and Colchians; Masistios commanded the Alarodians and Saspeirians.(Book 7 · §70–85)
- With: Pharandates Teaspis Siromitres
- “Of the Mares and Colchians the commander was Pharandates the son of Teaspis. The Alarodians and Saspeirians served armed like the Colchians; and of these the commander was Masistios the son of Siromitres.”
Mardonios sent Masistios and the cavalry to attack the Hellenes.(Book 9 · §18–25)
- With: Mardonios
- “Then Mardonios, as the Hellenes did not descend into the plain, sent towards them all his cavalry, of which the commander was Masistios”
Masistios was thrown from his horse and killed by the Athenians.(Book 9 · §18–25)
- “Then at length he fell and died”
Masistios's cavalry failed to recover his body and returned to Mardonios.(Book 9 · §18–25)
- With: Mardonios
- “then the horsemen no longer sustained the fight, nor did they succeed in recovering the body; and besides him they lost others of their number also. Then they drew off about two furlongs away and deliberated what they should do; and it seemed good to them, as they had no commander, to ride back to Mardonios.”
The Persian army and Mardonios mourned Masistios's death.(Book 9 · §18–25)
- With: Mardonios
- “When the cavalry arrived at the camp, the whole army and also Mardonios made great mourning for Masistios”

parent: Siromitres “and of these the commander was Masistios the son of Siromitres.”

with Mardonios (Mardonios sent the cavalry commanded by Masistios.) “Then Mardonios, as the Hellenes did not descend into the plain, sent towards them all his cavalry, of which the commander was Masistios (by the Hellenes called Makistios), a man of reputation among the Persians, who had a Nesaian horse with a bridle of gold and in other respects finely caparisoned.”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.