Abrocomes
| Abrocomes | |
|---|---|
| Died | Thermopylae, Greece |
| Father | Darius I of Persia |
| Mother | Phratagune |
Abrocomes (Ancient Greek: Ὰβροκόμης) was a son of king Darius I of Persia and his wife Phratagune, who died with his full brother Hyperanthes in the battle of Thermopylae, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Herodotus, Histories (Herodotus), vii.224
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Abrocomes", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, p. 3
Further reading[]
Categories:
- Battle of Thermopylae
- 480 BC deaths
- Achaemenid princes
- Persian people of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire
- 5th-century BC Iranian people