Arsames

Family: Persian · Role: son of Artaxerxes · First appears: Artaxerxes

Life events

Ochus arranged Arsames's murder, and grief over it caused the aged Artaxerxes to die.(Artaxerxes)
- With: Ochus Arpates Artaxerxes
- “Whereupon Ochus had no longer patience to defer the execution of his purpose, but having procured Arpates, Teribazus's son, for the undertaking, he killed Arsames by his hand. Artaxerxes at that time had but a little hold on life, by reason of his extreme age, and so, when he heard of the fate of Arsames, he could not sustain it at all, but sinking at once under the weight of his grief and distress, expired, after a life of ninety-four years, and a reign of sixty-two.”

parent: Artaxerxes “he was, after the loss of this son, more affectionate than before to Arsames”
rivals with Ochus “and of Arsames, one of his natural sons”
with Arpates (interaction) “having procured Arpates, Teribazus's son, for the undertaking, he killed Arsames by his hand.”
enemies with Ochus “he made use of the cruelty of his nature against Arsames”
enemies with Arpates “having procured Arpates, Teribazus's son, for the undertaking, he killed Arsames by his hand.”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.