Aryandes

Family: Egyptian · Role: ruler of the province of Egypt · First appears: Book 4 · §159–166

Life events

• Pheretime appealed to Aryandes for help, blaming the Medes’ side for her son’s death.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Egypt)
  • With: Pheretime
  • “Pheretime then having come to Egypt sat down as a suppliant of Aryandes, bidding him help her, and alleging as a reason that it was on account of his inclination to the side of the Medes that her son had been slain.”
• Dareios put Aryandes to death, accusing him of attempting rebellion.(Book 4 · §159–166 · 📍 Egypt)
  • With: Dareios
  • “Dareios then having learnt that he was doing this put him to death, bringing against him another charge of attempting rebellion.”
• Aryandes gave Pheretime the Egyptian land and sea forces, appointing Amasis to command the land army and Badres the fleet.(Book 4 · §167–179 · 📍 Egypt)
  • With: Pheretime Amasis Badres
  • “Aryandes had compassion on Pheretime and gave her all the troops that were in Egypt, both the land and the sea forces, appointing Amasis a Maraphian to command the land-army and Badres, of the race of the Pasargadai, to command the fleet”
• Aryandes sent a herald to ask who had killed Arkesilaos.(Book 4 · §167–179 · 📍 Barca)
  • “Aryandes despatched a herald to Barca and asked who it was who had killed Arkesilaos”
• Aryandes summoned the Persian army back from its campaign.(Book 4 · §200–205)
  • “there came to it a messenger from Aryandes summoning them back”

Book 4 · §159–166

• with Pheretime (interaction) “Pheretime then having come to Egypt sat down as a suppliant of Aryandes, bidding him help her”
• patron: Cambyses “Now this Aryandes had been appointed ruler of the province of Egypt by Cambyses”
• with Dareios (interaction) “Dareios then having learnt that he was doing this put him to death, bringing against him another charge of attempting rebellion.”

Book 4 · §167–179

• with Pheretime (Aryandes gave Pheretime troops.) “this Aryandes had compassion on Pheretime and gave her all the troops that were in Egypt”
• with Amasis (Aryandes appointed Amasis to command the land-army.) “appointing Amasis a Maraphian to command the land-army”
• with Badres (Aryandes appointed Badres to command the fleet.) “and Badres, of the race of the Pasargadai, to command the fleet”

Book 4 · §200–205

• with Pheretime (Aryandes sent Persian helpers to aid Pheretime.) “Now when the Persian helpers of Pheretime, having been sent from Egypt by Aryandes, had arrived at Barca”

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