Patizeithes

Family: Persian · Role: Magian · First appears: Book 3 · §58–64

Book 3 · §58–64

• siblings with Smerdis “Therefore he endeavoured to obtain the kingdom, and he formed his plan as follows:—he had a brother (that one who, as I said, rose up with him against Cambyses), and this man in form very closely resembled Smerdis the son of Cyrus, whom Cambyses had slain, being his own brother.”
• employer: Cambyses (son of Cyrus) “This man, I say, rose up against him perceiving that the occurrence of the death of Smerdis was being kept secret, and that there were but few of the Persians who were aware of it, while the greater number believed without doubt that he was still alive.”

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