Artembares

Role: a man of repute among the Medes · First appears: Book 1 · §111–116

Life events

• Cyrus scourged Artembares’s son after the boy disobeyed him during their game.(Book 1 · §111–116)
  • With: Cyrus
  • “therefore Cyrus bade the other boys seize him hand and foot, and when they obeyed his command he dealt with the boy very roughly, scourging him.”
• Artembares brought his injured son before Astyages and complained about Cyrus’s treatment of him.(Book 1 · §111–116)
  • With: Astyages
  • “And Artembares in the anger of the moment went at once to Astyages, taking the boy with him, and he declared that he had suffered things that were unfitting”
• Cyrus rejected Artembares’s proposal to move the Persians to better land.(Book 9 · §120–122)
  • With: Artaÿctes Cyrus Astyages
  • “Cyrus, hearing this and not being surprised at the proposal, bade them do so if they would; but he exhorted them and bade them prepare in that case to be no longer rulers but subjects;”
• The Persians chose to remain rulers on poor land rather than risk becoming subjects on better land.(Book 9 · §120–122)
  • With: Cyrus
  • “So the Persians acknowledged that he was right and departed from his presence, having their opinion defeated by that of Cyrus; and they chose rather to dwell on poor land and be rulers, than to sow crops in a level plain and be slaves to others.”

Book 1 · §111–116

• with Astyages (Artembares complained to Astyages about the treatment of his son.) “And Artembares in the anger of the moment went at once to Astyages, taking the boy with him, and he declared that he had suffered things that were unfitting and said: ”

Book 9 · §120–122

• younger kin: Artaÿctes (Artembares is identified as Artaÿctes's forefather.) “Now a forefather of this Artaÿctes who was hung up, was that Artembares who set forth to the Persians a proposal which they took up and brought before Cyrus, being to this effect:”
• with Cyrus (Artembares put forward a proposal that was brought before Cyrus.) “Now a forefather of this Artaÿctes who was hung up, was that Artembares who set forth to the Persians a proposal which they took up and brought before Cyrus, being to this effect:”

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