Persian — Minor Figures
23 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Bessus
satrap · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · enemies with Alexander “when Bessus was taken, he ordered him to be torn in pieces”
Exathres
nobleman · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · friends with Alexander “His brother Exathres, Alexander received into the number of his intimate friends”
- Alexander · siblings with Darius “His brother Exathres”
Mazaeus
nobleman · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · with Alexander “Mazaeus, who was the most considerable man in Darius's court, had a son who was already governor of a province”
Megabates
son of Spithridates · first appears Agesilaus
- Agesilaus · with Agesilaus “This Spithridates had a son, a very handsome boy, called Megabates, of whom Agesilaus was extremely fond”
- Agesilaus · parent: Spithridates “This Spithridates had a son, a very handsome boy, called Megabates”
Butes
commander of Eion · first appears Cimon
- Cimon · enemies with Cimon “Then he fell upon the Thracians of the country beyond the Strymon, because they supplied Eion with victuals, and driving them entirely out of the country, took possession of it as conqueror, by which means he reduced the besieged to such straits, that Butes, who commanded there for the king, in desperation set fire to the town”
Rhoesaces
refugee · first appears Cimon
- Cimon · friends with Cimon “He replied, his friendship. ”
Ariaspes
son of Artaxerxes · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · parent: Artaxerxes “Ariaspes, the only male surviving, besides himself, of the legitimate off-spring of his father”
- Artaxerxes · enemies with Ochus “So he laid snares for them both, and being no less treacherous than bloody, he made use of the cruelty of his nature against Arsames, and of his craft and wiliness against Ariaspes.”
Artasyras
the king's eye · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · with Artaxerxes “And going in all haste to Artaxerxes, who had now given up all hope of his affairs, and was in great suffering also with his thirst and his wound, he with much joy assured him that he had seen Cyrus dead.”
Teribazus
nobleman and court favorite · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · enemies with Artaxerxes “Teribazus entertained an irreconcilable enmity against him.”
Ariaeus
friend of Cyrus · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · friends with Cyrus “But Ariaeus, Cyrus's friend, was beforehand with him”
Artagerses
leader of the Cadusians · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · enemies with Cyrus “So that it is almost universally agreed to by all the author that Artagerses was slain by him.”
Satiphernes
nobleman and friend of Cyrus · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · friends with Cyrus “though he both hit and slew Satiphernes, a noble man and a faithful friend to Cyrus.”
Apama
mother of Antiochus · first appears Demetrius
- Demetrius · child: Antiochus “Seleucus, indeed, had already, by Apama the Persian, a son named Antiochus”
- Artaxerxes · engaged with Pharnabazus “promised to give Apama to Pharnabazus to wife”
Artabazus
Persian noble · first appears Eumenes
- Eumenes · child: Barsine “Barsine the daughter of Artabazus”
- Eumenes · child: Pharnabazus “Pharnabazus, son to Artabazus”
Artaxerxes I
former king of Persia · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · child: Xerxes “The first Artaxerxes, among all the kings of Persia the most remarkable for a gentle and noble spirit, was surnamed the Long-handed, his right hand being longer than his left, and was the son of Xerxes.”
Memnon
commander · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · married with Barsine “Barsine, Memnon's widow”
Chrysantes
warrior · first appears Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus
- Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus · with Xenophon “I honor Chrysantes also, (in Xenophon's Cyropaedia,) who, having raised his sword in the act of striking his enemy, so soon as a retreat was sounded, left him, and retired sedately and modestly.”
Arpates
son of Teribazus · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · with Arsames “having procured Arpates, Teribazus's son, for the undertaking, he killed Arsames by his hand.”
- Artaxerxes · enemies with Arsames “having procured Arpates, Teribazus's son, for the undertaking, he killed Arsames by his hand.”
Gobryas
father of Ariomandes · first appears Cimon
- Cimon · parent: Ariomandes “Callisthenes is positive that Ariomandes, the son of Gobryas, had the supreme command of all the forces.”
- Cimon · child: Ariomandes “Ariomandes, the son of Gobryas, had the supreme command of all the forces.”
Ariomandes
commander · first appears Cimon
- Cimon · child: Gobryas “Callisthenes is positive that Ariomandes, the son of Gobryas, had the supreme command of all the forces.”
- Cimon · parent: Gobryas “Ariomandes, the son of Gobryas, had the supreme command of all the forces.”
Oxyartes
commander · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · parent: Abuletes “Oxyartes, one of the sons of Abuletes”
Abuletes
satrap · first appears Alexander
- Alexander · child: Oxyartes “Oxyartes, one of the sons of Abuletes”
Orontes
nobleman · first appears Artaxerxes
- Artaxerxes · engaged with Rhodogune “Rhodogune to Orontes”
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