Megabates

Also known as: Megabazes · Family: Persian · Role: military leader · First appears: Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 1

Life events

• Alpistos, Batanôchos, Sesames, Megabates, Parthos, and Oebares are lost with the defeated army.(Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 6)
  • With: Xerxes Alpistos Batanôchos Sesames Parthos Oebares
  • “And he, thy faithful Eye, Who told the Persian host, Myriads on myriads o'er, Alpistos, son and heir Of Batanôchos old · · · · · And the son of brave Sesames, Son himself of Megabates? Parthos, and the great Œbares, Did'st thou leave them, did'st thou leave them? Ah, woe! ah, woe is me, For those unhappy ones!”

Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 1

• employer: Xerxes “Then Armistres, Artaphernes, / Megabazes, and Astaspes, / Mighty leaders of the Persians, / Kings, and of the great King servants,”

Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 6

• child: Sesames “And the son of brave Sesames, Son himself of Megabates?”
• friends with Xerxes “And the son of brave Sesames, Son himself of Megabates? Parthos, and the great Œbares, Did'st thou leave them, did'st thou leave them?”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Tragedy. Made with Rho MD.