Aspathines
Aspathines (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴𐎠Aspacanāʰ; Ancient Greek: ἈσπαθίνηςAspathínēs) (born and died sometime between 550 BC and 450BC) was a senior official under Darius the Great and Xerxes I of Persia.[2]
Aspathines is illustrated on the tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rostam, with a dedication:[3]
Aspacanâ \ vaçabara \ Dârayavahauš \ xšâyathiyahyâ \ isuvâm \ dârayatiy Aspathines, the bowbearer, holds king Darius' battle-axe.
The only other courtier to be named with a dedication was Gobryas.[3]
Aspathines had a son names Prexaspes, who became an Admiral in the navy of Xerxes during the Second Persian invasion of Greece.[5]
References
- ↑Aspathines - Livius.
- ↑"ASPAČANĀ", Encyclopedia Iranica
- 123Kuhrt, Amélie (2013). The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. Routledge. p. 450. ISBN 9781136017025.
- ↑DNd - Livius.
- ↑Aspathines - Livius.
Categories:
- 5th-century BC Iranian people
- 6th-century BC Iranian people
- Officials of Darius the Great
- Achaemenid people stubs