Artanes (son of Hystaspes)

Artanes (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάνης) was a prince of ancient Persia, the son of the satrap Hystaspes, and brother of Darius the Great.

He gave his only daughter, named Phratagune, in marriage to his brother Darius, as well as his entire estate as a dowry.[1] This was done largely because Artanes had no male heirs, so this move would keep Artanes's property in the family.[2]

He was afterwards one of the distinguished Persians who fought and fell in the Battle of Thermopylae.[3]

References

  1. ^ Jensen, Erik (2021). The Greco-Persian Wars: A Short History with Documents. Hackett Publishing Company. p. 140. ISBN 9781624669569. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. ^ Kuhrt, Amélie (2013). The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. Taylor & Francis. p. 626. ISBN 9781136017025. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  3. ^ Herodotus, Histories 7.224

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Artanes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 369.