Bagaios
Family: Persian · Role: son of Artontes · First appears: Book 3 · §128–134
Life events
- Dareios chose Bagaios by lot to carry out the task against Oroites.(Book 3 · §128–134)
- With: Dareios
- “Dareios stopped their contention and bade them cast lots: so when they cast lots, Bagaios the son of Artontes obtained the lot from among them all.”
- Bagaios used Dareios’s sealed orders to have the guards slay Oroites.(Book 3 · §128–134 · 📍 Sardis)
- With: Oroites
- “King Dareios commands the Persians who are in Sardis to slay Oroites.”
- Mardontes commanded the island tribes from the Erythraian Sea.(Book 7 · §70–85)
- With: Mardontes
- “Of these islanders the commander was Mardontes the son of Bagaios”
- Mardontes, Artaÿntes, and Ithamitres took command of the remaining Persian fleet.(Book 8 · §130–136 · 📍 Samos)
- With: Mardontes Artaÿntes Artachaies Ithamitres
- “To be commanders of them there came Mardontes the son of Bagaios, and Artaÿntes the son of Artachaies, and with them also Ithamitres was in joint command”
Book 3 · §128–134
- parent: Artontes “Bagaios the son of Artontes obtained the lot from among them all.”
- with Dareios (Dareios directs Bagaios and the other volunteers to cast lots.) “and Dareios stopped their contention and bade them cast lots”
Book 7 · §70–85
- child: Mardontes “Of these islanders the commander was Mardontes the son of Bagaios, who in the year after these events was a commander of the army at Mykale and lost his life in the battle.”
Book 8 · §130–136
- with Mardontes (Bagaios is Mardontes's father.) “Mardontes the son of Bagaios”
- child: Mardontes “Mardontes the son of Bagaios”
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