Megabyzos (son of Zopyros)

Also known as: Megabyzos · Family: Persian · Role: commander in Egypt · First appears: Book 3 · §159–160

Life events

Mardonios and six others were placed in command over the whole army that went on foot.(Book 7 · §70–85)
- With: Mardonios Gobryas Tritantaichmes Artabanos Smerdomenes Otanes Xerxes Masistes Dareios Atossa Gergis Ariazos Zopyros
- “and over these and over the whole army together that went on foot there were in command Mardonios the son of Gobryas, Tritantaichmes the son of that Artabanos who gave the opinion that they should not make the march against Hellas, Smerdomenes the son of Otanes (both these being sons of brothers of Dareios and so cousins of Xerxes), Masistes the son of Dareios and Atossa, Gergis the son of Ariazos, and Megabyzos the son of Zopyros.”
Xerxes divided the land army into three divisions and assigned each division its route and commanders.(Book 7 · §119–128)
- With: Xerxes Mardonios Masistes Tritantaichmes Gergis Smerdomenes
- “Xerxes had divided the whole land-army into three divisions, and one of them he had set to go along the sea accompanying the fleet, of which division Mardonios and Masistes were commanders; another third of the army had been appointed to go by the inland way, and of this the generals in command were Tritantaichmes and Gergis; and meanwhile the third of the subdivisions, with which Xerxes himself went, marched in the middle between them, and acknowledged as its commanders Smerdomenes and Megabyzos.”

parent: Zopyros (elder) (Zopyros is Megabyzos's father.) “The son of this Zopyros was Megabyzos, who was made commander in Egypt against the Athenians and their allies;”
child: Zopyros (younger) (Megabyzos is the younger Zopyros's father.) “and the son of this Megabyzos was Zopyros, who went over to Athens as a deserter from the Persians.”

parent: Zopyros (elder) “Masistes the son of Dareios and Atossa, Gergis the son of Ariazos, and Megabyzos the son of Zopyros.”

with Xerxes (Megabyzos commanded the division accompanying Xerxes.) “and meanwhile the third of the subdivisions, with which Xerxes himself went, marched in the middle between them, and acknowledged as its commanders Smerdomenes and Megabyzos.”
with Smerdomenes (They were co-commanders of the same division.) “and meanwhile the third of the subdivisions, with which Xerxes himself went, marched in the middle between them, and acknowledged as its commanders Smerdomenes and Megabyzos”

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