Ariomardus

{{Short description|5th-century BC Persian prince and military leader}}

Ariomardus was the name of a number of people from classical antiquity:

  • A son of the Persian King Darius I and his wife Parmys.Lendering, J: "[https://www.livius.org/pan-paz/parmys/parmys.html Parmys]", in http://www.livius.org He attended Xerxes I into Greece, being in command of the Moschi and Tibareni.{{cite book|last1=Crabb|first1=George|title=Universal Historical Dictionary|date=1825|publisher=Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy|location=London|pages=108|url=https://archive.org/details/universalhistori02crab|quote=ARIOMARDUS (Hist) 'Apiépapdoc, a son of Darius, who attended Xerxes into Greece. Herod. l. 7, c. 78. ARIOMAZES (Hist).|accessdate=25 July 2015}}Herodotus, Histories vii, 78
  • The brother of Artuphius, who commanded the Caspii in the army of Xerxes I.Herodotus, Histories vii, 67
  • The ruler of Thebes in Egypt, and one of the commanders of the Egyptians in the army of Xerxes.Aeschylus, The Persians 38, 313.

References

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Further reading

  • [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2456 The history of Herodotus, Volume 2] at Project Gutenberg

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Category:Persian people of the Greco-Persian Wars

Category:5th-century BC Iranian people

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