Persians — Minor Figures

3 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Arnaces

eunuch and prisoner · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · with Aristides “So Themistocles once more dispatched Arnaces, the eunuch, his prisoner”

Mardonius

Persian commander · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · with Arimnestus “a Spartan, named Arimnestus, slew Mardonius by a blow on the head with a stone”
• Aristides · enemies with Arimnestus “a Spartan, named Arimnestus, slew Mardonius by a blow on the head with a stone”

Masistius

commander of the Persian cavalry · first appears Aristides

• Aristides · enemies with Olympiodorus “These being soon in readiness, and running upon the enemy, as soon as Masistius, who commanded the barbarians' horse, a man of wonderful courage and of extraordinary bulk and comeliness of person, perceived it”

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