Badres

Family: Persian · Role: commander of the fleet · First appears: Book 4 · §167–179

Life events

• 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: Aryandes Pheretime Amasis
  • “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 Pheretime and the army out, ostensibly in response to the killing of Arkesilaos.(Book 4 · §167–179)
  • With: Pheretime Amasis
  • “Aryandes at last sent away the army together with Pheretime.”
• Badres was in command of the Meonian Cabelians, Milyans, and other men described.(Book 7 · §70–85)
  • With: Hystanes
  • “Of all these Badres the son of Hystanes was in command.”

Book 4 · §167–179

• with Aryandes (Aryandes appointed Badres to command the fleet.) “and Badres, of the race of the Pasargadai, to command the fleet”

Book 4 · §200–205

• with Amasis (interaction) “Then as the army was going through, Badres the commander of the fleet urged that they should capture the city, but Amasis the commander of the land-army would not consent to it;”

Book 7 · §70–85

• parent: Hystanes “Of all these Badres the son of Hystanes was in command.”

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