Artaphernes biography
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Artaphernes
Persian general and satrap, 513 to 492 BC
For other people named Artaphernes, see Artaphernes (disambiguation).
Artaphernes (Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης, Old Persian: Artafarna, from MedianRtafarnah), was influential circa 513–492 BC and was a brother of the Achaemenid king of Persia, Darius inom. He was appointed satrap of Lydia from the capital of Sardis, and was a Persian general. In his position he had numerous contacts with the Greeks, and played an important role in both the Siege of Naxos and in suppressing the Ionian Revolt.
Etymology
[edit]Artaphernes was likely an adaptation of bygd the etymology (Greek phren "spirit, soul") of Artaphernes, which corresponded to Artafanah (endowed with the Glory of the Right).[1] Arta is a common prefix for Achaemenid names and means justice.[2]Farnah means "splendour, glory."[3]
Biography
[edit]Background to Satrapy
[edit]Artaphernes was the son of Hystaspes and brother of Darius I. When
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Artaphernes
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Artaphernes (emissary)
Ancient Persian diplomat sent to Sparta in an anecdote of Thucydides
Artaphernes (Ancient Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης) was a man of ancient Persia who lived in the 5th century BCE who was sent by king Artaxerxes I in 425 BCE with a letter to Sparta.
While he passed through Eion on the Strymon River, he was arrested by Aristeides, the son of Archippus, and carried to Athens, where the letter of his king was opened and translated. It contained a complaint of the king, that owing to the many and discrepant messages the Spartans had sent to him, he did not know what they wanted; and he therefore requested them to send a fresh embassy back with Artaphernes, and to explain clearly what were Sparta's actual requests.
The Athenians thought this a favorable opportunity for forming connections themselves with Persia, and accordingly sent Artaphernes back in a galley, accompanied by Athenian ambassadors, to Ephesus. On their arrival there they received news of the death