Artaphernes lang el , was the brother of the king of Persia, Darius I of Persia , and satrap of Sardis . In 497 BC, Artaphernes received an embassy from Athens , probably sent by Cleisthenes , and subsequently advised the Athenians that they should receive back the tyrant Hippias son of Pisistratus Hippias . Subsequently he took an important part in suppressing the Ionian Revolt . Athens and Eretria responded to the Ionian Greeks plea for help against Persia and sent troops. Athenian and Eretrian ships transported the Athenian troops to the Ionian city of Ephesus . There they were joined by a force of Ionians and they marched upon Sardis. Artaphernes, who had sent most of his troops to besiege Miletus , is taken by surprise. However, Artaphernes is able to retreat to the citadel and hold it. Although the Greeks are unable to take the citadel, they pillage the town and set fires ... by Artaphernes and defeated. Having successfully captured several of the revolting Greek city states, the Persians under Artaphernes lay siege to Miletus. The decisive Battle of Lade was fought in 494 ... shortly thereafter, and the Ionian Revolt came to an end. After the revolt was put down, Artaphernes ... through references to him. Artaphernes reorganized the land register by measured out their territories ... of resentment amongst the Ionians. It seems that Artaphernes took this advice and was reasonable ... arz artaphernes artaphernes.html Jona Lendering, Artaphernes ref In 492 BC he was replaced in his satrapy by Mardonius Herodotus V. 25, 30 32, 35, &c. Diodorus Siculus Diod. Sic. x. 25 . His Artaphernes son of Artaphernes son , of the same name, was appointed, together with Datis , to take command ... Persondata . NAME Artaphernes ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH ... military leaders be x old ca Artafernes s trapa de Artaphernes el ... Artaphernes vader no Artafernes pl Artafernes pt Artafernes ru I sk Artafernes sh Artafern ... more details
Artaphernes , son of Artaphernes , was the nephew of Darius the Great , and a general of the Achaemenid Empire . He was appointed, together with Datis , to take command of the expedition sent by Darius to punish Athens and Eretria for their support for the Ionian Revolt . Artaphernes and Datis besieged and destroyed Eretria, but were beaten by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon . ref name holland Persian Fire. Holland, T. ISBN 978 0 349 11717 1 ref Ten years later, we find Artaphernes in command of the Lydia ns and Mysia ns. ref Herod. vi. 94, 119 Vu. 4, sch. Persae , 21 ref See also Artaphernes Greco Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Darius I of Persia References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Achaemenid military leaders Category Battle of Marathon Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown MEast bio stub be x old ca Artafernes general es Artafernes general fr Artapherne hr Artafern Mla i nl Artaphernes zoon ru uk ... more details
saved book title Greco Persian Wars subtitle cover image Greek Persian duel.jpg cover color Greco Persian Wars Greco Persian Wars Ionian Revolt First Persian invasion of Greece Second Persian invasion of Greece Wars of the Delian League Ionian Revolt Siege of Naxos 499 BC Siege of Naxos Battle of Lade First Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Eretria Battle of Marathon Second Persian invasion of Greece Battle of Thermopylae Battle of Artemisium Battle of Salamis Battle of Plataea Battle of Mycale Wars of the Delian League Battle of the Eurymedon Combatants Classical Athens Sparta Achaemenid Empire Commanders Themistocles Leonidas I Pausanias general Pausanias Cimon Pericles Artaphernes Datis Artaphernes son of Artaphernes Artaphernes, son of Artaphernes disambiguates Artaphernes Xerxes I of Persia Xerxes I Mardonius Hydarnes Artabazus Personalities Miltiades the Younger Macedonia ancient kingdom Macedon Herodotus Darius I of Persia Other Delian League Histories Herodotus Herodotus Histories Category Wikipedia books on history Greco Persian Wars ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Papilio sataspes status image image caption image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Papilionidae genus Papilio species P. sataspes binomial Papilio sataspes binomial authority C. & R. Felder, 1865 synonyms Papilio hecuba small Wallace, 1865 small Papilio helenus var. artaphernes small Honrath, 1886 small Papilio artaphernes var. ahasverus small Staudinger, 1895 small Papilio sataspes is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Sulawesi and Bangkai . ref http www.nic.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia papilionoidea papilionidae papilioninae papilio index.html Papilio at Funet ref Subspecies Papilio sataspes sataspes Sulawesi Papilio sataspes artaphernes small Honrath, 1886 small Bangkai Island References reflist Category Animals described in 1865 Category Papilio Papilionidae stub ... more details
List of all the known Satraps governors of Lydia , a satrapy of the Persian Empire Tabalus 546 545 Mazares 545 ca. 544 Harpagus ca. 544 ? Oroetus before 530 ca. 520 Bagaeus ca. 520 ? Otanes 517 Artaphernes I 513 492 Artaphernes II 492 after 480 Pissuthnes before 440 415 Tissaphernes ca. 415 408 Cyrus the Younger 408 401 Tissaphernes 400 395 Tithraustes 395 ? Tiribazus Struthas Autophradates c.365 Spithridates ? until 334 Source http www.livius.org lu lz lydia lydia.html DEFAULTSORT List of satraps of Lydia Category Persian history es Anexo S trapas de Lidia eu Lidiako satrapak ... more details
For other uses of the word Dati, see Dati disambiguation . Datis or Datus was a Mede Median admiral who served the Achaemenid Empire Persian Empire , under Darius the Great . He is most notable for his joint leadership with Artaphernes of the Persian forces in the first campaign of the Persian Wars against the Greeks. Datis was one of the Persian commanders responsible for the siege of Naxos Island Naxos and the sacking of Eretria in 490 BC along with the infamous Persian Immortals. He was also leader of the Persian assault force on the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in the same year. Ctesias of Cnidus relates that Datis was slain at Marathon and that the Athenians refused to hand over his body, ref Photios I of Constantinople Photius the Great , Excerpts of Ctesias Persica , Paragraph 22, available online at http www.livius.org ct cz ctesias photius persica.html ref however this conflicts with Herodotus earlier analysis that Datis survived the battle ref Herodotus, Histories,I. 6.119 VI.94. ref Datis was originally called to duty alongside Artaphernes for the Greek invasion because Darius I had decided to temporarily relieve Mardonius of military service due to an injury he suffered in the Thrace Thracian campaign. Datis is mocked in Aristophanes play Peace , where Trygaeus exclaims Now is the time to sing as Datis did, as he masturbated at high noon, Oh pleasure oh enjoyment oh delights References Reflist Portal Ancient Near East External links http www.livius.org da dd datis datis.html Livius.org Datis Median topics Category Year of death missing Category Admirals Category Soldiers Category 5th century BC deaths Category Median people Category Achaemenid military leaders Category People of the Greco Persian Wars Category Battle of Marathon Category Year of birth unknown MEast mil bio stub ANE bio stub cs D tis de Datis el es Datis fa fr Datis hr Datis he la Datis no Datis pl Datis pt Datis ru sk Datis sh Datis fi Datis sv Datis uk ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 498 BC year in topic 498 NOTOC Year 498 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Siculus and Flavus or, less frequently, year 256 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 498 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Greece Alexander I of Macedon Alexander I succeeds his father Amyntas I of Macedon Amyntas I as king of Macedon ia. Athens and Eretria respond to the Ionians Ionian plea for help against Persia and send troops. An Athens Athenian and Eretria n fleet transports Athenian troops to Ephesus . There they are joined by a force of Ionians and march upon Sardis , the capital of Artaphernes the satrap of Lydia and brother to Darius I of Persia . Artaphernes, who has sent most of his troops to besiege Miletus , is taken by surprise. However, Artaphernes is able to retreat to the citadel and Siege of Sardis 498 BC hold it . Although the Greeks are unable to take the citadel, they Looting pillage the town and set fires that burn Sardis to the ground. Retreating to the coast, the Greek forces are met by the Persians under Artaphernes and defeated in the Ionian Revolt Battle of Ephesus Battle of Ephesus . Kaunos and Caria , followed by Byzantium and towns in the Hellespont also revolt against the Persians. Cyprus also joins the rebellion, as Onesilus removes his pro Persian brother, Gorgos, from the throne of Salamis, Cyprus Salamis . Sicily After the assassination of Cleander of Gela Cleander , tyrant of Gela , power is transferred to his brother, Hippocrates of Gela Hippocrates , who subdues the Sicels and conquers the Chalcidian cities of Gallipoli, Italy Callipoli , Lentini Leontini , Naxos Sicily Naxos and Messina, Italy Zancle now known as Messina, Italy Messina . He also captures the Syracuse, Sicily Syracu ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 494 BC year in topic 494 NOTOC Year 494 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tricostus and Geminus or, less frequently, year 260 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 494 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Persian empire Having successfully captured several of the revolting Ancient Greece Greek City state city states , the Achaemenid Empire Persians under Artaphernes lay siege to Miletus . The decisive Battle of Lade is fought at the island of Lade , near Miletus port. Although out numbered, the Greek fleet appears to be winning the battle until the ships from Samos and Lesbos retreat. The sudden defection turns the tide of battle, and the remaining Greek fleet is completely destroyed. Miletus surrenders shortly thereafter, and the Ionian Revolt comes to an end. The Persian leaders Artaphernes and Mardonius grant a degree of autonomy to the Ionian cities. They abstain from financial reprisals and merely exact former levels of tribute. The Persians abolish the Greek tyrannies in Ionia and permit democracies. The Persians burn down the Temple of Apollo Didyma Temple of Apollo at Didyma . Greece The Phoenicia n allies of the Persians take savage reprisals against the Greeks, whom the Phoenicians regard as pirates. The Thracians and Scythians drive Miltiades the Younger from the Chersonesos Taurica Chersonesos . Miltiades loads five boats with his treasures and makes for Athens. One of the boats, captained by Miltiades eldest son, Metiochos is captured. Metiochos is taken as a lifelong prisoner to Persia. The Sparta n king, Cleomenes I inflicts a severe defeat on Argos at Battle of Sepeia Sepeia near Tiryns . The former tyrant of Miletus, Histiaeus is captured by the Persians and executed at Sardis by A ... more details
of Phocaea br Histiaeus commander2 Megabates , br Artaphernes , br Daurises , br Hyamees , br Otanes ..., Aristagoras, launched a joint expedition with the Persian satrap Artaphernes to conquer Naxos ..., Artaphernes , with a proposal. If Artaphernes provided an army, Aristagoras would conquer the island, thus extending the boundaries of the empire for Darius, and he would then give Artaphernes a share ..., 31 ref Artaphernes agreed in principle, and asked Darius for permission to launch the expedition. Darius ... 499 BC In the spring of 499 BC, Artaphernes readied the Persian force, and placed his cousin Megabates ... Naxos, Aristagoras found himself in dire straits he was unable to repay Artaphernes, and had moreover ... by Artaphernes. In a desperate attempt to save himself, Aristagoras chose to incite his own subjects .... This attempt failed and Hippias fled to Artaphernes, and tried to persuade him to subjugate Athens ... query chapter 3D 23872 layout loc 5.95.1 V, 96 ref The Athenians dispatched ambassadors to Artaphernes to dissuade him from taking action, but Artaphernes merely instructed the Athenians to take Hippias ... V99 This force was then guided by the Ephesians through mountains to Sardis , Artaphernes s satrapal ... city. However, Artaphernes still held the citadel with a significant force of men. ref name V100 The lower ..., and marched to the relief of Artaphernes. ref name V102 Herodotus http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi ... 3D 23898 layout loc 5.121.1 V, 122 ref Meanwhile, Otanes, together with Artaphernes, campaigned in Ionia ... and Artaphernes, attacked Ionia and Aeolia. ref name V123 Herodotus http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi ... layout loc 5.107.1 V, 106&ndash 107 ref When he arrived in Sardis, Artaphernes directly accused him ... that he would be able to talk himself into a pardon from Darius. However, he was taken to Artaphernes ... further, nor to drive the people to further rebellions. Artaphernes thus set out to re ... Artaphernes had also witnessed just how much the Ionians disliked tyrannies, and began to reconsider ... more details
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Eion lang grc gen . was an ancient Greek Eretria n ref Archaic Eretria a political and social history from the earliest times to 490 BC Page 154 By Keith G. Walker ISBN 0415285526 ref colony in Thracian Macedonia. It sits at the mouth of the Strymon River which flows into the Aegean from the interior of Thrace . It is referred to in Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War as a place of considerable strategic importance to the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War . Eion was occupied by the Persian Empire Persians in 476 BC in the aftermath of the Greco Persian Wars . It was then captured by the Delian League in 475 BC under the leadership of the Athens Athenian ref An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 827 ref general Cimon , the son of Miltiades the Younger . He captured the city by turning the course of the River Strymon so that it flowed against the city walls, causing the mud brick fortifications to melt. The inhabitants were enslaved. The capture of Eion was the beginning of a military campaign undertaken by the newly formed Delian League, whose objective was to clear the Aegean Sea of Persian fleets and pirates in order to facilitate Athenian access to the Hellespont . The nearby Athenian colony of Amphipolis was founded in 437 BC three miles up the Strymon River. The settlers, led by Hagnon , used Eion as their initial base of operations. In 424 BC , during the Peloponnesian War, Eion was the site where the Athenian commander Aristides intercepted a Persian messenger named Artaphernes. The message, which was on its way to Sparta , was a letter from the Persian king addressing previous requests made to him by the Sparta ns. Later in the war, in the winter of 424 BC 423 BC , the Sparta n general Brasidas captured Amphipolis with his Thracians Thracian allies. When he moved against Eion, however, he was u ... more details
by Datis and Artaphernes son of ArtaphernesArtaphernes . It was the culmination of the first ... Greece. In 490 BC, he sent a naval task force under Datis and Artaphernes across the Aegean Sea Aegean ... BC expedition against Naxos island Naxos , a joint venture between the Persian satrap Artaphernes ..., Artaphernes decided to remove Aristagoras from power, but before he could do so, Aristagoras abdicated .... ref name V65 Hippias fled to Sardis to the court of the Persian satrap , Artaphernes and promised ..., the Athenians had by this point already sent an embassy to Artaphernes in Sardis, to request aid from the Persian Empire. ref name h142 Holland, p142 ref Artaphernes requested that the Athenians give ... query chapter 3D 23872 layout loc 5.95.1 V, 96 ref The Athenians dispatched ambassadors to Artaphernes to dissuade him from taking action, but Artaphernes merely instructed the Athenians to take Hippias ... surprised and outmaneuvered Artaphernes, marching to Sardis and there burning the lower city. ref name ... expedition led by Artaphernes , son of the satrap to whom Hippias had fled and Datis , a Medes ... Persian invasion of Greece 490 BC Datis and Artaphernes Campaign expedition was intended to bring ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 492 BC year in topic 492 NOTOC Year 492 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macerinus and Augurinus or, less frequently, year 262 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 492 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Greece The first expedition of King Darius I of Persia against Ancient Greece Greece commences under the leadership of his son in law and general, Mardonius . Darius sends Mardonius to succeed his satrap governor in Ionia , Artaphernes , with a special commission to attack Athens and Eretria . The Persians under Mardonius subdue and capture Thrace and Macedon ia. Mardonius loses some 300 ships in a storm off Mount Athos , which forces him to abandon his plans to attack Athens and Eretria. Sicily When Camarina , a Syracusan colony, rebels, Hippocrates of Gela Hippocrates , the tyrant of Gela , intervenes to wage war against Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse . After defeating the Syracusan army at the Heloros River , he besieges the city. However, he is persuaded by the intervention of forces from the Greek mainland city of Corinth to retreat in exchange for the possession of Camarina. onlyinclude Births Deaths References Reflist DEFAULTSORT 492 Bc Category 492 BC ast 492 edC be 492 . . be x old 492 . . bs 492 p.n.e. ca 492 aC cs 492 p . n. l. cy 492 CC da 492 f.Kr. de 492 v. Chr. el 492 . . es 492 a. C. eu K. a. 492 fa fr 492 gl 492 ko 492 hy . . . 492 hr 492. pr. Kr. io 492 aK it 492 a.C. ka . . 492 kk . . . 492 la 492 a.C.n. lb 492 lt 492 m. pr. m. e. hu I. e. 492 mk 492 . . . mr . . . ms 492 SM nl 492 v.Chr. ne . . new nap 492 AC no 492 f.Kr. oc 492 uz Mil. av. 492 pl 492 p.n.e. pt 492 a.C. ru 492 . . sq 492 p.e.s. sk 492 pred Kr ... more details
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Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 490 BC year in topic 490 File Battle of Marathon Greek Double Envelopment.png thumb The Battle of Marathon NOTOC Year 490 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camerinus and Flavus or, less frequently, year 264 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 490 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Greece Darius I of Persia Darius I sends an expedition, under Artaphernes and Datis the Mede across the Aegean Sea Aegean to attack the Athenians and the Eretrians. Hippias tyrant Hippias , the aged ex tyrant of Athens, is on one of the Persian ships in the hope of being restored to power in Athens. When the Ionian Greeks in Anatolia Asia Minor rebelled against Achaemenid Empire Persia in 499 BC , Eretria joined Athens in sending aid to the rebels. As a result, Darius makes a point of punishing Eretria during his invasion of Greece. The city is sacked and burned and Darius enslaves its inhabitants. He intends the same fate for Athens. September 12 &ndash The Battle of Marathon takes place as a Persian army of more than 20,000 men is advised by Hippias to land in the Bay of Marathon, Greece Marathon , where they meet the Athenians supported by the Plataea ns. The Persians are repulsed by 11,000 Greeks under the leadership of Callimachus polemarch Callimachus and Miltiades the Younger Miltiades . Some 6,400 Persians are killed at a cost of 192 Athenian dead. Callimachus, the war archon of Athens, is killed in the battle. After the battle, the Persians return home. Before the Battle of Marathon, the Athenians send a runner, Pheidippides , to seek help from Sparta . However, the Spartans delay sending troops to Marathon because religious requirements the Carnea mean they must wait for the full moon. The Greek historian He ... more details
Agoracritus Greek language Greek polytonic , floruit fl. late 5th century BC was a famous sculptor in ancient Greece , ref name DGRBM Citation last Mason first Charles Peter author link contribution Agoracritus editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 75 publisher Little, Brown and Company place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0084.html ref born on the island of Paros , who floruit flourished from about Olympiad 85 to 88, that is, from about 436 to 424 BC. ref name pliny Pliny the Elder Pliny , Natural History Pliny Naturalis Historia xxxvi. 5. s. 4 ref Only four of his works are mentioned a statue of Zeus and one of Athena Itonia in the temple of that goddess at Athens a statue, probably of Cybele , in the temple of the Great Goddess at Athens ref name pliny and the Rhamnus Greek archaeological site Rhamnus ian Nemesis mythology Nemesis . Respecting this last work there has been a great deal of discussion. The account which Pliny the Elder Pliny gives of it is that Agoracritus contended with Alcamenes another distinguished disciple of Phidias in making a statue of Venus mythology Venus and that the Athenians, through an undue partiality towards their countryman, awarded the victory to Alcamenes. Agoracritus, indignant at his defeat, made some slight alterations so as to change his Venus into a Nemesis mythology Nemesis the goddess of retribution or revenge , and sold it to the people of Rhamnus Greek archaeological site Rhamnus on the condition that it should never be set up in Athens. Pausanias geographer Pausanias , without saying a word about Agoracritus, says that the Rhamnusian Nemesis was the work of Phidias , and was made out of the block of Parian marble which the Achaemenid Empire Persians under Datis and Artaphernes brought with them for the purpose of setting up a trophy. ref See Theteaetus and Parmenio, Anthol. Gr. Planud. iv. 12, ... more details
For the later historian of this name Hecataeus of Abdera Hecataeus of Miletus c. 550 BC c. 476 BC ref http www.livius.org he hg hecataeus hecataeus.htm Livius Hecataeus of Miletus Jona Lendering ref Greek , named after the Greek mythology Greek goddess Hecate , was an early Greece Greek historian of a wealthy family. He flourished during the time of the Achaemenid Empire Persian invasion. After having travelled extensively, he settled in his native city, where he occupied a high position, and devoted his time to the composition of geographical and historical works. When Aristagoras held a council of the leading Ionia ns at Miletus to organize a Ionian Revolt revolt against the Persian rule, Hecataeus in vain tried to dissuade his countrymen from the undertaking. ref Herodotus 5.36, 125 clarify date April 2011 reason meaning of what document the reference tries to point to not obvious ref In 494 BC, when the defeated Ionians were obliged to sue for terms, he was one of the ambassadors to the Persian satrap Artaphernes , whom he persuaded to restore the constitution of the Ionic cities. ref Diodorus Siculus . 10.25 clarify date April 2011 meaning of what document the reference tries to point to not obvious ref Hecataeus is the first known Greek historian , ref name lamberg karlovsky p4 cite book title Ancient Civilizations The Near East and Mesoamerica author Lamberg Karlovsky, C. C. and Jeremy A. Sabloff publisher Benjamin Cummings Publishing year 1979 pages 5 ref and was one of the first classical writers to mention the Celt Celtic people . Works noref section date January 2011 Image Hecataeus world map en.svg thumb right 280px Reconstruction of Hecataeus map Some have credited Hecataeus with a work entitled Travels round the Earth or World Survey , written in two books. Each book is organized in the manner of a periplus , a point to point coastal survey. One, on Europe , is essentially a periplus of the Mediterranean, describing each region in ... more details
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