Sandokes

Family: Persian · Role: commander and governor of Kyme · First appears: Book 7 · §187–196

Life events

Dareios had Sandokes crucified for unjustly judging for money, then released him after reconsidering.(Book 7 · §187–196)
- With: Dareios
- “king Dareios had taken and crucified (he being one of the Royal Judges) for this reason, namely that Sandokes had pronounced judgment unjustly for money. So then after he was hung up, Dareios reckoned and found that more good services had been done by him to the royal house than were equal to his offences; and having found this, and perceived that he had himself acted with more haste than wisdom, he let him go.”
The Hellenes captured Sandokes and his ships after he sailed toward them by mistake.(Book 7 · §187–196 · 📍 Artemision)
- “when the Hellenes saw them sailing up, perceiving the mistake which was being made they put out against them and captured them without difficulty.”

with Thamasios (Sandokes is the son of Thamasios.) “Of these the commander was Sandokes the son of Thamasios, the governor of Kyme in Aiolia”
with Dareios (Dareios had Sandokes crucified, then released him.) “whom before this time king Dareios had taken and crucified (he being one of the Royal Judges) for this reason, namely that Sandokes had pronounced judgment unjustly for money.”
with Dareios (Sandokes escaped Dareios's execution after Dareios reconsidered.) “Thus he escaped from king Dareios, and did not perish but survived; now, however, when he sailed in toward the Hellenes, he was destined not to escape the second time”

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