Pactyas

Family: Lydian · Role: Lydian entrusted with the gold · First appears: Book 1 · §148–157

Life events

Cyrus entrusted Sardis to Tabalos, put the Lydian gold in Pactyas’s care, and marched away with Croesus.(Book 1 · §148–157 · 📍 Sardis)
- With: Cyrus Croesus Tabalos
- “After this he entrusted Sardis to Tabalos a Persian, and the gold both of Croesus and of the other Lydians he gave to Pactyas a Lydian to take charge of, and himself marched away to Agbatana, taking with him Croesus”
Pactyas led the Lydians in revolt and besieged Tabalos in the citadel.(Book 1 · §148–157 · 📍 Sardis)
- With: Tabalos Cyrus
- “Pactyas caused the Lydians to revolt from Tabalos and from Cyrus. This man went down to the sea, and having in his possession all the gold that there had been in Sardis, he hired for himself mercenaries and persuaded the men of the sea-coast to join his expedition. So he marched on Sardis and besieged Tabalos, having shut himself up in the citadel.”
Pactyas fled to Kyme to escape the approaching army.(Book 1 · §148–157 · 📍 Kyme)
- “Then Mazares the Mede marched upon Sardis with a certain portion of the army of Cyrus, and as he did not find Pactyas or his followers any longer at Sardis, he first compelled the Lydians to perform the commands of Cyrus, and by his commands the Lydians changed the whole manner of their life. After this Mazares proceeded to send messengers to Kyme bidding them give up Pactyas: and the men of Kyme resolved to refer to the god at Branchidai the question what counsel they should follow.”

employer: Cyrus “After this he entrusted Sardis to Tabalos a Persian, and the gold both of Croesus and of the other Lydians he gave to Pactyas a Lydian to take charge of, and himself marched away to Agbatana, taking with him Croesus and making for the present no account of the Ionians.”
enemies with Cyrus “But when Cyrus had marched away from Sardis, Pactyas caused the Lydians to revolt from Tabalos and from Cyrus.”
with Cyrus (Cyrus entrusted the Lydian gold to Pactyas.) “and the gold both of Croesus and of the other Lydians he gave to Pactyas a Lydian to take charge of”
enemies with Tabalos (Pactyas led a revolt against Tabalos.) “Pactyas caused the Lydians to revolt from Tabalos and from Cyrus.”

with Mazares (Mazares's messages prompted preparations to hand Pactyas over.) “Those of Mytilene however, when Mazares sent messages to them, were preparing to deliver up Pactyas for a price”

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